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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.
Our latest weekly news digests: 16th January 2025 9th January 2025 2nd January 2025
Josh Reynolds MP recently met with the team at H A McParland Pharmacy in Furze Platt to discuss the challenges community pharmacists face. The rising…
The Food Standards Agency has issued a recall for TriOn Pharma’s Aactive D3 2000iu/ml supplements due to excess levels of Vitamin D3. Community pharmacies must…
GP colleagues and pharmacists are being reminded to apply caution when prescribing or dispensing two similar sounding medications. Surrey and Borders NHS Partnership Trust (SABP)…
Unplanned Service Suspension Notifications can now be done via MYS Portal NHS England has introduced the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal for notifying unplanned temporary…
The Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) Service Contract, starting in April 2025, has been shared with pharmacies via PharmOutcomes. To enhance the availability of this important…
Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department…
This is the eighth of a series of articles to tackle some of the misconceptions around Pharmacy First. The articles will cover a variety of…
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Xylocaine® (lidocaine) 10mg spray MSN/2025/003 Tier 2 medium impact Date of…
MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Irbesartan 150 mg and 300 mg film-coated tablets (Jubilant Pharmaceuticals NV) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/02 Date issued: 13 January…
This is the seventh of a series of articles to tackle some of the misconceptions around Pharmacy First. The articles will cover a variety of…
Pharmacy owners who submit their FP34C declaration through the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal by the 5th of the month (or by the 6th if one…
The NHS Pharmacy Contraception service (PCS) – delivering high quality consultations face to face workshop…
Oxfordshire County Council are offering two free Very Brief Advice (VBA) sessions for non-clinical professionals…
FREE Very Brief Advice training session will be held on 21st January, to support any…
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) are hosting webinars on prescription processing and reimbursement. These…
Public Health Oxfordshire County Council in collaboration with Community Pharmacy Thames Valley will be holding…
Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice (IBA) Training is available to all health professionals and front-line…
