Community Pharmacy Devon

26/03/2026

Community Pharmacy England has today published alarming poll results highlighting an "escalating tide of abuse" directed at pharmacy teams across the country. The findings reveal a disturbing trend where frontline healthcare workers are facing daily instances of verbal aggression, physical violence, and targeted racist attacks while attempting to provide essential NHS services.

https://www.itv.com/watch/news/pharmacy-staff-facing-escalating-abuse-from-patients-new-poll-finds/vd38tp8

09/03/2026

🎓 Training event! Online - Thursday, March 26 at 7 pm

⭐ Join the NHS BSA for an Overview of NHS Prescription Services where they will fully explain what happens to your prescriptions once they have left you and how accounts are received and prepared for the scanning process. They will also explain prescription processing and include some important hints and tips on endorsing, fee claiming, wrong group movements and referred backs.

🙋‍♂️ 🙋‍♀️ This is also a great opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have to the Head of Pharmaceutical Services and Business Engagement Lead who will be hosting.

Register here - https://rb.gy/bs2rhu.

25/02/2026

Providing the New Medicines Service and want a clinical update (and fantastic CPD) for the new, expanded ‘depression’ arm of the service? Then look no further than our Mental Health NMS Update event in Plymouth on 20th May 2026.

We will host an evening event covering contractual service updates, a whistle-stop mental health update (tailored to community pharmacy teams from a local secondary care mental health expert) and case discussion of real-world scenarios that could happen in your pharmacy.

As always there will be hot food and all members of the pharmacy team are welcome to attend. Book a place here: https://shorter.me/7YFZk

Providing the New Medicines Service and want a clinical update (and fantastic CPD) for the new, expanded ‘depression’ arm of the service?

24/02/2026

Community Pharmacy Patient Safety Group - 'Focus on Methadone' video

The sector wide Community Pharmacy Patient Safety Group have recently produced a Focus on Methadone video resource.

The video covers key points including ‘handout’, ‘client attendance’ and ‘take home doses’ to help improve the care of clients accessing methadone through a treatment programme.

The video is a resource that can be shared with community pharmacy teams locally, watch it here: https://pharmacysafety.org/focus-on-methadone-video-resource/

‘Focus on Methadone’ is the second video in the ‘Focus on…’ series, created by the Community Pharmacy Patient Safety Group (CPPSG). This video was made as part of the …

12/02/2026

Contraception/Sexual Health Update event!

Book a place here - https://shorter.me/21C8g

Date: Saturday 19th March 2026

Time: 7pm-9pm

Location: SHiP. Level 5. Derriford Hospital,Plymouth

This session will offer support with Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC), Chlamydia Screening, Progesterone only pill (POP), Combined pill (COC) & Talking With Young People Training Session for pharmacists.

Light Refreshments will be provided during the event.

12/02/2026

Contraception/Sexual Health Update event!

Book a place here - https://shorter.me/euw8p

Date: Saturday 7th March 2026

Time: 09:00-12:30 hrs

Location: SHiP. Level 5. University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Derriford Hospital Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8DH.

This session will offer support with Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC), Chlamydia Screening, Progesterone only pill (POP), Combined pill (COC) & Talking With Young People Training Session for pharmacists.

Light Refreshments will be provided during the event.

EHC, Chlamydia Screening, Progesterone only pill (POP), Combined pill (COC) & Talking With Young People Training Session

11/02/2026

Big news for Community Pharmacists working in Devon & Cornwall

For community pharmacist colleagues looking to become prescribers we are delighted to announce the next phase of Teach & Treat. Our mission remains the same: providing the vital support community pharmacists need to access Designated Prescribing Practitioners (DPPs), undertake the Non-medical prescribing (NMP) course and achieve their Independent Prescribing (IP) qualification.

We expect high demand, so with limited places available, submit your expression of interest via this link asap: https://shorturl.at/NEZIE

Help us spread the word:

Tag a colleague: Know a pharmacist ready to take the next step in advancing their clinical career? Tag them in the comments

Share: Please repost / share this to your professional networks, forums and communication channels to ensure no one misses out on this opportunity.

10/02/2026

📣 Devon & Cornwall Teach & Treat: Call for Expressions of Interest

For community pharmacists looking to become prescribers we are delighted to let you know that Devon and Cornwall have been successful in their bid for the National NHSE Teach & Treat (T&T) programme. Appropriate access to and capacity of supervision to support pharmacists to become independent prescribers is a challenge across the workforce, and particularly within community pharmacy.

The aim of the Devon & Cornwall Teach & Treat programme is to support community pharmacists from across the two counties to achieve their independent prescribing qualification by providing access to suitable supervisors and clinical environments

Developing independent prescribing within community pharmacy will give patients an additional point of access to experienced and skilled clinicians who will be able to consult, assess, diagnose, and prescribe within a specific remit. In turn, this should assist with some of the workload experienced by general practice and urgent care.

The Devon & Cornwall Integrated Care Systems are supporting Teach & Treat. This programme uses a cross-sector, multi-professional model to identify appropriate supervision and clinical environments for trainee prescribers. The Teach & Treat team will coordinate supervision for all T&T trainees and provide clinical skills examination sessions to complement the prescribing course.

We are inviting Expressions of Interest from community pharmacists who wish to undertake their independent prescribing qualification from September 2026 with the support of the Devon & Cornwall Teach & Treat programme

Closing date: 8th March 2026 18:00

Further information and registration is here: https://shorturl.at/A8VsD

‼️ We are expecting high demand so would like to encourage you to submit your Expression of Interest (EOI) as soon as possible.

19/01/2026

🌟 Kickstart Your 2026 With Our Antidepressant NMS Update Event! 🌟

Delivering the New Medicines Service and ready for a refresher — plus the new antidepressant expansion?

Join us in Exeter on 27th January 2026 for an inspiring, practical evening built just for community pharmacy teams.

🧠 What’s on the agenda?

✔️ Key contractual updates
✔️ A high‑impact mental health update from Chris Todd, Lead Pharmacist at Devon Partnership Trust
✔️ Real‑world case discussions
✔️ Expert hosting by Tom Kallis
🍽️ Hot food included!

👥 All pharmacy team members welcome.
⏰ 6:30 pm — Registration & food
⏰ 7:15–9:00 pm — Workshop
📍 Exeter Court Hotel, Kennford
We can’t wait to kick off our 2026 training & development programme with you.
✨ Don’t miss it!

Providing the New Medicines Service and want a clinical update (and fantastic CPD) for the new, expanded ‘depression’ arm of the service?

13/01/2026

Simone contacted TALKWORKS after experiencing prolonged grief following the passing of her mother. Through working with one of our therapists, she was able to understand her emotions more and work through the difficulties that she was experiencing: https://orlo.uk/lyggg

13/01/2026

Pharmacies are a one stop shop for your healthcare needs, helping you to get care quickly while reducing pressure on GP surgeries and emergency departments.
To find your nearest pharmacy visit: https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/pharmacy/find-a-pharmacy/

13/01/2026

Your pharmacist can provide treatment or some prescription medicine, if needed, for seven common conditions - without you seeing a GP.

Think pharmacy first and get seen by your local community pharmacy team.