Welcome to the website of Community Pharmacy Hertfordshire (Herts LPC) providing support, guidance and advice to community pharmacy within Hertfordshire. It is our vision that community pharmacies are an integrated and equal partner in the health and care landscape for the benefit of patients. Our full strategic plan and workstreams are available on our committee pages.
CPH understands the difficulties community pharmacy is experiencing due to the impact that continued supply problems has on your workload and your interactions with patients. We would strongly encourage all community pharmacy contractors to report issues where the product can only be obtained at a price higher than the Drug Tariff listed price and any new medicine shortages not listed on the SPS website to PSNC. Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire LMC and Community Pharmacy Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire LPC) have agreed a medicines shortages form to help support communications between GP practices and community pharmacies.
Building on the RSG proposals the outcomes have been published. CPH is reviewing how it can meet the recommendations and is working collaboratively with neighbouring LPCs.
We are pleased to announce the names of the newly elected CPH Committee.
Please check your nhs.net inbox to see if you have been requested to complete the CPAF questionnaire. Pharmacies may be selected for the full CPAF questionnaire if, for example, they did not complete the screening questions or if there are concerns about the pharmacy relating to patient safety. Some pharmacies may also be selected to validate their answers to the screening questions. The full CPAF questionnaire will be available to complete between 6 November and 3 December 2023 on the Manage Your Service (MYS) website.
The 2023 Mandatory Workforce Survey is now open. Completion of the survey is a mandatory requirement for ALL pharmacy owners. It is open for 8 weeks and will close on Sunday, 17 December 2023.
The Lateral Flow Device Test Supply Service is an advanced service where community pharmacy contractors will need to register via NHSBSA’s MYS portal in order to provide the service. The service is now available to register on the MYS portal.
Pharmacy First is a new advanced service which will launch on 31 January 2024, subject to digital systems being in place to support these services. The service will include seven new clinical pathways, as well as urgent repeat medicine supply and referrals for minor illness, replacing the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS). The clinical pathways element of Pharmacy First will enable community pharmacists to offer advice to patients and supply NHS medicines (including some prescription-only medicines under Patient Group Directions), where clinically appropriate, to treat 7 common health conditions including sinusitis, sore throat, earache, infected insect bite, uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women, impetigo and shingles. More information can be found on the CPE website.
NHSE&I East of England Region Commissioning teams are working with Anenta to provide Managing Agent services for Hazardous and Clinical waste services in the Hertfordshire region. Anenta will be a single point of contact for clinical waste issues for Community Pharmacies and GP practices, in the East of Region Commissioning teams. Anenta will manage all queries with regards to clinical waste collection from Community Pharmacies. Find out more about how to use the service.
Information on Controlled Drugs (CD) can be found on our CPH website including information on reporting (including the reporting website) and the CD Accountable Officer. Please remember, where applicable, to submit controlled drugs destruction requests regularly in order to prevent unsafe quantities of expired CD stock building up in any of your pharmacy premises
Changes to foundation training 2025/26 In January 2021, the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) published the revised Standards for the Initial Education and Training of Pharmacists.NHS England…
Community pharmacists can now sign up for one or more Clinical Examination Skills specialist modules following completion of the Gateway module. The training provides a…
NHE England has published the updated specification from 1 December 2023 for the Hypertension Case-Finding Service. This follows the announcement made last week around the service being relaunched to make…
NHS England has published the updated specification and Patient Group Directions (PGDs) for the Pharmacy Contraception Service. This follows the announcement made last week around the service being expanded from…
Winter months can have a significant effect on people’s mental health. Many adults might be worrying about their families, health, jobs, finances and the impact of the…
Winter months can have a significant effect on people’s mental health. Many adults might be worrying about their families, health, jobs, finances and the impact…
Pharmacy owners who intend to provide the Pharmacy First service are now able to claim their initial £2,000 fixed payment. All pharmacy owners who want…
Community Pharmacy England met in London for a full Committee Meeting on 22nd and 23rd November 2023. Committee Members spent time discussing important matters such…
Community Pharmacy England has today written to the Chancellor to express deep concern about the financial impact of the increase in the National Living Wage…
HHIS Stop Smoking Clinical Support Group (CSG) have launched drop-in sessions for commissioned Stop Smoking service providers. Monthly Drop-in’s for Pharmacy and Surgery Stop Smoking…
Follow this link to register for any training: MECC Training Registration (hertfordshire.gov.uk) For further information please contact HHIS: Call 01442 453 071 or email: HealthImprovementService@hertfordshire.gov.uk…
Summary Training for primary care, health & social care and front line workers in emergency situations on issues of suicide drug & alcohol misuse. Course…
Level 2 Trainings on MS Teams is 2 X 3-hour parts / Level 2 Trainings Face to Face is 1 X 6-hour part. Delegates are…
NHS England has provided additional funding for the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) to offer the Accuracy checking pharmacy technician (ACPT) programme to an…
The 2023 Mandatory Workforce Survey is now open. Completion of the survey is a mandatory requirement for ALL pharmacy owners. Please complete before close of play Sunday, 17 December 2023. For further information visit the CPE website.