Welcome to Community Pharmacy Thames Valley
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Community Pharmacy Thames Valley represents 324 Community Pharmacy Contractors in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire on all matters relating to community pharmacy, including Essential Services, Advanced Services, Locally Commissioned Services and Applications for new Contracts.
NHS England has revised the monthly targets for Pharmacy First until March 2025.
The Pharmacy Pressures Survey will provide important evidence of the challenges facing the sector and the results will be used to raise awareness in national media and Parliament to demonstrate the impact to the ongoing crisis to the Government and the NHS. It consists of two surveys, with many questions kept similar to last year’s. The surveys take around 10-15 minutes to complete and close on 28th February 2025. See here for more information.
We would like to congratulate Ian Dunphy on being elected as the Chair of the Community Pharmacy Thames Valley committee. With his vast experience and dedication to the field, Ian brings a wealth of knowledge and a vision for the future of community pharmacy, we are excited for what the future holds under Ian’s leadership.
We're looking for an LPC Committee Member representing Independent Contractors. Interested in making a difference? Complete and return the attached nomination form or fill out the online version by 12 noon on Friday, 14th February 2025. Be a part of the change!
Our latest weekly news digests: 6th February 2025 January 2025 30th January 2025 23rd January 2025 16th January 2025 9th January 2025 2nd January…
The NHS App team seeks your assistance in identifying community pharmacies to measure baseline benefits for prescription tracking and gather feedback on future NHS App…
The Recognition of Excellence (RoE) Awards return for its 12th year, continuing to champion the work of community pharmacy staff across the UK. Communications International…
From this week, you can update your contact information and opening times on the NHS Profile Manager, this also updates your UEC Directory of Services…
The latest edition of the Healthwatch Buckinghamshire Newsletter is linked below: January 2025 Newsletter HW Bucks
You will be aware of the difficulties in sourcing Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy (PERT). The attached document summarises actions to be taken by clinicians as…
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) produces a quarterly newsletter called “Hints & Tips for dispensing contractors”. The latest edition (Issue 58) contains some useful…
According to the Shortage of Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) National Patient Safety Alert (NPSA) published on 18 December 2024, Creon® will remain in limited supply until…
Drug alert number: EL (25)A/05 Date issued: 5 February 2025 CNX Therapeutics is recalling the batches listed in this notification as a precautionary measure due…
Update 04/02/2025 – The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has notified Community Pharmacy England that essential maintenance took place on the Manage Your Service (MYS)…
Today, the GPhC has updated its guidance for pharmacies that provide pharmacy services at a distance, including online, to introduce extra safeguards. This has been…
Update (03/02/2025): Updates to communication (MSN/2024/109) issued 26 November 2024 in bold Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification…
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) are hosting webinars on prescription processing and reimbursement. These…
Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice (IBA) Training is available to all health professionals and front-line…
NHS England, Workforce, Education & Training South East Pharmacy Technician team will be hosting a…
If you have questions about the NHS Pharmacy contraception service, CPPE is running an online…
