Nottinghamshire Local Pharmaceutical Committee

21/11/2025

Hot on the heels of his Diwali flu vaccination support, Deepak Bilakhia, owner and pharmacist at Carrington Pharmacy, has taken part in a flu vaccination clinic for homeless people in Nottingham city centre.

What a fantastic team effort and another outstanding example of Integrated Neighbourhood Working in action!

20/11/2025

On behalf of all the team here at Community Pharmacy Nottinghamshire, we’d like to thank pharmacists for taking part in the recent Community Pharmacy England 2025 Pharmacy Pressures Survey.

It is no surprise to any of us in the industry that the survey results were extremely discouraging with nearly 70% of pharmacy staff reporting that they are experiencing negative impacts on their mental health and wellbeing.

Everyone here at Community Pharmacy Nottinghamshire is here to support whenever you need us. We wanted to share the resources that CPE and Pharmacist Support have made available to support pharmacy staff and their families. Please follow this link for more information
🔗 https://pharmacistsupport.org

A webinar on Wellbeing & Resilience will also be taking place soon – we’ll share details as soon as they are available.

13/11/2025

𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 - 𝗳𝗹𝘂 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮-𝟯 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀

NHS England - Midlands has created a wide variety of FREE resources for pharmacies to promote the flu vaccine for 2-3 year olds. The resources include social media assets, posters and flyers to share with nurseries and playgroups.

You can download the resources here ⬇️

🔗 https://www.england.nhs.uk/midlands/information-for-professionals/information-for-pharmacists/

12/11/2025

‼️ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

NHSE recently released lots of FREE materials including posters, social media assets, video shorts and a campaign toolkit to enable pharmacies to successfully promote Pharmacy First this winter.

One of the assets - see below - is designed to encourage women to think Pharmacy First when considering going on the pill.

You can download all the materials here ⬇️ and encourage your local community to 'think pharmacy first' this winter and beyond!

07/11/2025

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗛𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗛𝗦.𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁?

Much more than just a name change, NHS.net Connect will be 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/

A new name and look are coming to NHSmail – here’s what it means for pharmacy teams. The NHSmail programme is being rebranded to NHS.net Connect. This change introduces a refreshed look and some new features, but if you use it, your existing NHS.net email address, login details and helpdesk supp...

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

Huge thanks to all the team at Well Pharmacy , Kirkby in Ashfield for hosting a visit from Lee Anderson MP.

Lee came to offer his support for community pharmacy and had his blood pressure taken as part of the national service that pharmacies provide. Our chair, Robert Severn, will be meeting with Lee at his constituency office this month to discuss community pharmacy services and funding in more detail.

03/11/2025

❄️ 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

31/10/2025

Huge thanks to Gurminder Singh, owner and pharmacist at Singh Pharmacy in West Bridgford for chatting to Summaya Mughal at BBC Radio Nottinghamshire yesterday about the Pharmacy Contraception Service and addition of Emergency Contraception.

🎧 You can fast forward the show and listen to the interview at 2:10.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002l1m7

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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/

30/10/2025

⭐️ Huge congratulations to Raza Ali and all the team at Newgate Lane Pharmacy in Mansfield on winning Pharmacy Team of the Year at this year's Independent Pharmacy Awards from all of the team at Community Pharmacy Nottinghamshire! ⭐️

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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/