Community Pharmacy Derbyshire

07/11/2025

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗛𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗛𝗦.𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁?

Far more than just a name change, NHS.net Connect also introduces a new platform which all organisations will migrate to. The platform will retain all current functionality, alongside introducing a suite of exciting new features.

As a pharmacy owner you must ensure that your shared NHS.net mailbox is accessible and linked to at least two staff members with personal NHS.net accounts. To keep accounts active, staff must log in at least once every 30 days.

Find out more here about this important development here ⬇️

🔗 https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/nhsmail-is-becoming-nhs-net-connect-what-pharmacy-teams-need-to-know/

06/11/2025

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗣 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲?

NHSE Midlands has organised an informative and practical webinar entitled '𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗣 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀' which will take place on Wednesday 12th November from 12.30 -1.30pm.

The webinar is specifically designed to help GP practice staff understand and make the most of the Pharmacy First Service and deliver better care for patients.

Register for the FREE webinar here ⬇️

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04/11/2025

❄️ Community Pharmacy England would like to hear your views and concerns for the winter season ❄️

You can take part in their 'Winter Readiness Poll' here ⬇️

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BZNJP88

03/11/2025

Huge thanks to Raza Ali and his team at Chaddesden Pharmacy for welcoming Catherine Atkinson MP for a blood pressure check recently. This was a great opportunity to showcase community pharmacy and the outstanding contribution it makes to the health and wellbeing of local people across Derby and beyond!

31/10/2025

Community pharmacies can are now offering expanded NHS services to make emergency contraception and support for people prescribed antidepressants more accessible in local communities.

A range of FREE resources is available from Community Pharmacy England to promote the PCS and NMS to your customers in your pharmacy. You can download them here:

PCS resources 🔗 https://psncorg-my.sharepoint.com/personal/sharlyn_beltran_cpe_org_uk/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fsharlyn%5Fbeltran%5Fcpe%5Forg%5Fuk%2FDocuments%2FShared%20with%20LPCs%2FPCS%20resources&ga=1

NMS resources 🔗 https://cpe.org.uk/national-pharmacy-services/advanced-services/nms/

29/10/2025

Huge thanks to Raza and his team at Chaddesden Pharmacy for welcoming Catherine Atkinson MP for a blood pressure check recently. This was a great opportunity to showcase community pharmacy and the outstanding contribution it makes to the health and wellbeing of local people across Derby and beyond!

28/10/2025

‼️ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 ❄️

NHSE has now released a wide variety of FREE materials including posters, social media assets and a campaign toolkit to enable pharmacies to successfully promote Pharmacy First this winter.

You can download the materials here ⬇️ and encourage your local community to 'think pharmacy first' over the coming weeks and months!

https://campaignresources.dhsc.gov.uk/campaigns/help-us-help-you-primary-care/think-pharmacy-first/

27/10/2025

‼️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ‼️
𝗣𝗖𝗦 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗠𝗦 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼-𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝟮𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗰𝘁

NHS England has confirmed in an email sent today (27th October) to all pharmacies in England that the expansion of the Pharmacy Contraception Service (PCS) will go live on Wednesday this week (29th October), as had originally been planned.

The planned changes to the New Medicine Service (NMS) will also take place, as planned, on that day.

Find out more here ⬇️
https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/pcs-and-nms-expansions-to-go-live-29th-oct/

24/10/2025

We caught up with our vice chair, David Holmes, recently to find out why decided join Community Pharmacy Derbyshire and what he’s hoping to achieve during his tenure. Over to you David!

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲?
I’m currently a Professional Standards and Quality Manager for Boots UK where I lead the patient safety agenda and professional standards across multiple areas and regions, ensuring that patient care is at the heart of decision making. I’m also a CCA representative for Community Pharmacy Derbyshire and Vice Chair for the committee.

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗯𝘆𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?
I’ve been a CCA representative on the committee since 2019. I joined the committee because I wanted to represent community pharmacy, influence local healthcare policy, improve local pharmacy services and advocate for the profession. LPCs are the local voice for community pharmacy and joining the committee is a fantastic way to represent the views of community pharmacy..

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿?
As an LPC member, the most important thing to me, is to represent equally the interests of all community pharmacy contractors in Derbyshire. In the added capacity of Vice Chair, I’ll provide a second layer of leadership, ensuring good governance, and deputising for the Chair when necessary.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗿𝗲?
I want to advocate for and raise awareness of the expanding clinical role of community pharmacy within the local community, helping to change the perception of what pharmacy can offer. I want patients to think of ‘Pharmacy First’. Pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and their teams offer phenomenal care to patients, and it’s imperative the public are aware of everything a community pharmacy can offer them.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀?
I will bring my own experience as a community pharmacist to the committee’s discussions, ensuring that decisions are practical and reflect the realities of day-to-day pharmacy practice.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮/𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁?
I’m most passionate about providing pharmacy services and enabling pharmacists to use their expertise to prevent illness, manage common conditions and provide convenient healthcare. I’m passionate about pharmacy services because it has the potential to significantly improve patient care and elevate the profession.

23/10/2025

The CPPE East Midlands Autumn Winter newsletter is out now! Thanks to Emma Anderson for letting us know.

The newsletter gives contractors all the top picks of CPPE programmes. There is also further good news for trainee pharmacists as CPPE is pleased to announce that trainee pharmacists registered in the summer can now also register with CPPE. Trainee pharmacists who register for training this autumn should be able to register from mid- to late November.

Top picks for community pharmacy professionals are the CPPE emergency contraception workshops to support the delivery the new pharmacy contraception service including emergency contraception. 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗖𝗣𝗣𝗘 🔗 https://www.cppe.ac.uk/programmes/l/ehc-ew-01

For prescribers and those planning to prescribe, those who will qualify as prescribers and those who are providing weight management medicines services or supporting these have a look at our face-toface 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 - 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀: 𝗖𝗣𝗣𝗘 🔗 https://www.cppe.ac.uk/programmes/l/prescribe-w-02
There are places available at junction 28 of M1 on 24/02/2026.

For your pharmacy technicians, we have the 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲: 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: 𝗖𝗣𝗣𝗘 🔗 https://www.cppe.ac.uk/career/pt-ayr/pt-advancing
This is open to those working in all sectors of pharmacy.

22/10/2025

‼️ 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 ‘𝗴𝗼-𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲’ 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗖𝗦 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗠𝗦 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 ‼️

A quick reminder to contractors that next Wednesday 29th November, is the planned ‘go live’ date for the expansion of the Pharmacy Contraception Service (PCS) and the New Medicine Service (NMS).

NHS England will confirm ahead of this date whether the necessary changes have been made to IT systems to all changes to commence from this date
Click the link below from Community Pharmacy England to see the changes that are planned to happen to both services from this date.

https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/one-week-to-go-until-planned-go-live-for-pcs-and-nms-changes/

Next Wednesday (29th October 2025), is the planned ‘go live’ date for the expansion of the Pharmacy Contraception Service (PCS) and the New Medicine Service (NMS). NHS England will confirm ahead of this date whether the necessary changes have been made to IT systems to allow the changes to comme...

21/10/2025

𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿: 𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲

Community Pharmacy England will hold a webinar about the new hub and spoke dispensing regulations on 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝟳𝗽𝗺.

Regulations permitting hub and spoke dispensing between different retail pharmacy business came into effect earlier this month The new provisions enable all pharmacies to have hub and spoke arrangements, subject to certain requirements being met.

The webinar content will be similar to the ‘Hub and spoke update’ session that CPE ran at this year’s Pharmacy Show.

You can book your place here ⬇️

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Note: Booking will close at midday on the day of the event.
The webinar will be recorded for on-demand viewing for anybody unable to join live.