Welcome to Community Pharmacy Thames Valley
Healthy Living is a free NHS online structured education programme designed to help patients learn more about and live well with type 2 diabetes. The…
The Government has confirmed plans, pending parliamentary approval, to make ‘hub and spoke’ dispensing models available to all local pharmacies. Two models have been proposed…
Thank you to those that took part in the Pharmacy Pressures Survey. CPE has released their first national report, which sets out the findings with…
Ensuring that you are claiming for all appropriate Pharmacy First consultations is particularly important going forward as the minimum number of clinical pathway consultations that…
The latest newsletter from NHS England, Workforce, Training & Education (WT&E) (the organisation formed when the Health Education England (HEE) merged with NHS England and…
From 1st May, pharmacies will be able to access the NHS111 Professionals Line by phoning 111 and selecting option 3, Healthcare Professionals. The current numbers…
NHS England have announced additional, fully funded educational supervision training for those supervising Pharmacy Trainees. This training, delivered by ProPharmace, will ensure those involved in…
BOB ICB have announced their 2024/25 Prescribing Quality Scheme criteria for General Practice across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West. It is anticipated that all surgeries…
Action Required: Please update your customer-facing communications The NHS Pharmacy South East Commissioning hub have advised that the address for postal customer complaints has changed…
The local Minor Ailment Scheme, open to pharmacies in the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) ICB area, has been extended to the end of…
A new resource is available for clinicians considering becoming DPPs, and employers aiming to support DPP capacity in their workforce. The resource consists of a…
DHSC/NHS have published the 2024/25 flu vaccination letter. Only pregnant women will be eligible for vaccination from 1st September 2024, with the vaccination of other…
Let’s Talk About Vaccines is a training session from BOB ICB to help build confidence, skills and knowledge to open up discussions with patients about…
The RCGP Library includes a number of useful free resources to provide up to date information and an evidence base to support optimal antibiotic prescribing. …
Community Pharmacists in Frimley and Berkshire West can now have access to Connected Care. The Connected Care Shared Care Record provides Health and Social information about…
The ICBs in Thames Valley (BOB & Frimley), along with the Oxford Academic Health Science Network (Oxford AHSN), have each set up a Polypharmacy Community…
The ICB have asked us to share these resources on reducing antibiotic course length to help explain this priority and why you may be seeing…
We have been asked to remind pharmacies about the prescriber endorsement ‘FS’ for the free supply of sexual health treatment. Existing legislation under the NHS…
On-demand versions of recent CPE webinars are now available: Pharmacy Contraception: Getting Going with the Service (held 10th Jan 2024) Pharmacy Contraception Service: Initiating Contraception…
Oxfordshire Healthier Together Frimley Healthier Together The Healthier Together Campaign is about improving the quality of care for children and young people. A “mini doctor…
*An on-demand version of the CPE’s Hypertension Case-Finding Service Webinar, held on 3rd January, is now available here, or to view the slides click here.…
Novo Nordisk diabetes (insulin and GLP-1) and weight management pre-filled pens can now be recycled through the Alliance/Novo Nordisk PenCycle scheme. To find out more…
Don’t miss out on your free training resources. The LPC has invested in the Virtual Outcomes on-line training solution for all pharmacies, which offers courses…
If you would like to improve your knowledge and confidence around flash glucose monitoring and real time Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM), free training is available…
NHSE&I have developed resources on inhaler choices to support patients with asthma to improve their lung health and help the environment. The pack includes advice…
