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The latest edition of the Healthwatch Oxfordshire briefing is linked below: 13th August 2026

The March 2025 edition of the Community Pharmacy Thames Valley newsletter is now available to download. Please click here

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The SPS Spotlight Monthly Digest provides updates on existing materials and activities from across SPS, and signposts to upcoming events and activities.  It includes resources…

The latest edition of the new, monthly BOB MOB newsletter is available to view at: BOB MOB Newsletter – August 2024 – Vol 3 Issue…

Applications are now open for Independent Prescribing (IP) courses for pharmacists in 2024/25.   Courses are available until the end of March 2025, with several universities…

The CPPE Workshop calendar for September to December 2024 has been released.  This includes topics such as: Asthma: optimising adherence to medicines NHS Pharmacy First:…

CPPE’s Community Pharmacy Technician: Advancing your Role is a fully funded learning programme designed to help community pharmacy technicians develop the skills and confidence to…

The CPPE Leading for change programme is a fully-funded 6 month leadership programme open to all registered pharmacy professionals who are in patient-facing roles and/or…

PrescQIPP is an independent resource set up to support quality prescribing in the NHS and help to make sure that treatments prescribed to patients are…

From 1st August 2024, NHS England has funded CPPE to offer the Accuracy checking pharmacy technician training programme (ACPT) for pharmacy technicians, including those working in…

The NHS SE Commissioning Hub are collating the detail of pharmaceutical provision during the Christmas and New Year holiday period to ensure adequate coverage across…

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), who provide guidance and advice to improve health and social care, publishes a monthly newsletter for…

New Incident Reporting Approved Particulars have been published on the NHS England website (as of 23 July 2024). This document replaces the previous Approved Particulars…

The new MP for Maidenhead, Joshua Reynolds, attended a Health Campaign event focusing on diabetes at his local Boots in Maidenhead yesterday (24th July).  This…

NHS England has commissioned RAND Europe to conduct an independent evaluation of advanced clinical services under the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) – also known…

The NHS South East Commissioning Hub has issued updated information and FAQs for pharmacy staff  on GP Connect Update Record Pharmacy First – Updating the…

The July edition of the Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) monthly newsletter is now available.  Click here. Earlier editions can be viewed here.

Oxfordshire County Council are carrying out a health needs assessment about stop smoking and tobacco control in Oxfordshire and are very keen to gather the…

NHS England, Workforce, Training & Education Directorate, Pharmacy South East have launched a Pharmacy Technician Network Hub on the Future NHS platform. Initially set up…

In light of the legislative changes that enable Pharmacy Technicians to supply and/or administer certain medicines under PGD, and their subsequent inclusion in the 2024/25…

While tick bites/Lyme disease is not treatable under Pharmacy First, it is important that pharmacy teams understand the signs and symptoms as patients may present…

The Summer 2024 edition of the Oxfordshire Public Health newsletter, which includes details of public health campaigns and project updates, is now available to view.…

Exploring pharmacy technician practice in meeting unmet pharmaceutical care needs in the United Kingdom (UK) to inform the development of a UK post-registration pharmacy technician…

Diabetes UK have put together some really useful training and resources: Understanding Diabetes CPD – this module will provide you with an overview of diabetes, and increase…

The Pharmacy First Programme user research team would like to invite community pharmacy staff to offer feedback on their initial experiences of the service in…

Pharmacists offering the Pharmacy First service may benefit from a new common clinical conditions e-learning programme.  Launched by CPPE, this programme was initially developed by…

The British National Formulary (BNF) and British National Formulary for Children (BNFC) App provides free access for NHS users to the latest drug information quickly,…