Read the latest blog from our CEO Matt Barclay who discusses the conundrum of negotiations.

In September 2024 Community Pharmacy Scotland together with NES Pharmacy will be co-ordinating a national community pharmacy workforce survey to gain a better understanding of team numbers and skill mix within community pharmacies in Scotland.

In this week’s eNewsletter we cover topics such as NHS Pharmacy First (Scotland) Service Guidance & Flowchart and the Independent Prescribers Period of Learning in Practice and Designated Prescribing Practitioner Survey. We also highlight our Communications Survey for 2024 and how your voice matters when shaping how we engage our network.

The next community pharmacy public Health Scotland campaign will be a re-run of ‘Detecting Cancer Early’.

On today's episode… NHS Pharmacy First (Scotland) Service Guidance & Flowchart, the Independent Prescribers Period of Learning in Practice and Designated Prescribing Practitioner Survey and the CPS Communications Survey for 2024.

guidance for the NHS Pharmacy First Scotland (NHS PFS) service, which is in response to previous questions and outcomes from live events held with the community pharmacy network. 

The Scottish Government have released Circulars PCA(2024)12 through to 20 advising of Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) that are in place in relation to supply issues with Quetiapine 150mg, 200mg and 300mg tablets.

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Calling all community pharmacy independent prescribers – We Need You!

The Scottish Government have enacted an early release from prison scheme for low-risk offenders in a bid to ease overcrowding.

Not every presenting sore throat is a throat infection and therefore, not every sore throat needs an antibiotic.

Your next Parcelforce prescription collection is coming up on Thursday, 18th July 2024.

In this week’s roundup... Instalment Prescribing - Vision GP IT System Issue and When Another Healthcare Professional Refers into Community Pharmacy.

At CPS, our Community Pharmacy Health Board committees are at the forefront of local service negotiation. Currently, a number of our CPHB Committees have vacancies available for Associate Members for the term 2022-25.

Our colleagues at National Services Scotland (NSS) would like to share their message about the AMS Digital Programme.

To apply for Emergency Care Summary (ECS) access please click the button below. From this link you will need to select which health board (NHS Board) you require ECS access for. From there you can then look through the options on each health boards web page to find out how to apply for ECS access.

Referrals into community pharmacy from other healthcare professionals are becoming more frequent as community pharmacy services become more well known. This may result in an increase in recommendations to patients from other healthcare professionals when referring them to the community pharmacy for care.

We have been made aware of an issue with a particular version of the "Vision" GP prescribing system that is used in some (but not all) sites using the software in Scotland.

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For the attention of Community Pharmacy (CP) Independent Prescriber (IP) Employee Pharmacists on Community Pharmacy Scotland (CPS) / NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Funded Places from 2021.