Nottinghamshire Local Pharmaceutical Committee

17/04/2026

Over on our Pharmacy First Nottinghamshire website, we're seeing a trend in people searching 'sinusitis'.

This data is extremely informative as it gives us an insight into what patients are wanting from community pharmacy at this precise moment in time. So, please make sure you and your pharmacy teams are ready and able to support anyone presenting in your pharmacy with symptoms of sinusitis.

Pharmacy First Nottinghamshire website
🔗 https://pharmacyfirstnottinghamshire.com/

16/04/2026

On Tuesday 14th April, the Medicines Supply Resilience Group (MSRG) hosted a reception at the House of Commons. The reception brought together a wide array of stakeholders across the medicines supply chain to discuss the steps needed to strengthen resilience and protect patient access to vital medicines in the UK.

The event saw the launch of a new 2D animation (see below) on the UK medicines supply chain, illustrating the complexity of the supply chain and the huge pressures it faces. The Group also launched a suite of materials designed to raise greater awareness of how the supply chain operates. The materials also showed how greater resilience must be built in order to protect patients and taxpayers. This included a detailed explainer of the complex, global and interdependent supply chain, and the benefits of a digital-first approach to Patient Information Leaflets (PILs).

The Company Chemists' Association provides a forum for the large businesses engaged in community pharmacy to work together to help create an environment where pharmacy can flourish and providers compete in a fair and equitable way

14/04/2026

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀

Highlighting ways to look after mental wellbeing, this campaign is aimed at all adults but weighted towards vulnerable groups and those most at risk of mental health problems. It's supported by the NHS, local authorities and mental health charities, health organisations, along with those charities and commercial partners that can deliver huge reach to our target audiences.

The shared goals are to help encourage, enable and motivate preventative mental health behaviours. There are various free resources available that we encourage contractors to order and download to help with safety netting patients.

We have ordered 250 copies of the Easy Read booklet and 50 copies of each conversation starter to be delivered to the CPN office. If you would like some copies, please email Alison Ellis AlisonEllis@cpnotts.org. Alternatively, you can view, order or download all the resources yourself here ⬇️

🔗 https://campaignresources.dhsc.gov.uk/campaigns/better-health-every-mind-matters/

08/04/2026

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 - 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿

Don't forget to sign up for our next contractor support webinar on Thursday 16th April in collaboration with our colleagues at Community Pharmacy Nottinghamshire and Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire. In this latest webinar, we'll be looking at how effective use of social media can ensure you maximise your NHS income.

The webinar is free and will take place on 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟳.𝟯𝟬 - 𝟴.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺. You can book your place by scanning the QR code or using the link below ⬇️

🔗 https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=A282p8liL0W0VuuvgopLGRRxwEYGV35Evvhig_TFnTZUNEpIVDM3TEkzU0ZLRTRFN0ZBSFNVNjdVSi4u&origin=lprLink&route=shorturl

07/04/2026

There's still time to complete Community Pharmacy England's Pressures Survey. Simply follow the relevant link below ⬇️
🔗 Pharmacy Business Owners - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BNB63CT
🔗 Pharmacy Teams - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2HW2D2D

01/04/2026

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 - 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮

You may be aware that patients who are suffering with memory loss can also exhibit symptoms of depression and so they may present in your pharmacy with a newly prescribed medicine for depression and will be suitable for a New Medicines conversation about their new medication.

The Alzheimer's Society has just launched a new leaflet that you may wish to share with the patient, or their carer if it is appropriate to do so, which offers some really great information about supporting people with memory loss. A copy of the leaflet is illustrated below. Please feel free to use the link on our website below to download and print the leaflet yourself as you require.

🔗https://nottinghamshire.communitypharmacy.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2026/02/Dementia-Friendly-toolkit-A5-Final.pdf

31/03/2026

‼️ 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 '𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝘀' 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 ‼️

A quick reminder that the deadline for Pharmacy First consultations provided in March to be claimed on MYS is 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. Please also note that this is Bank Holiday Monday.

27/03/2026

𝗣𝗤𝗦 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀: 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵
𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 3 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵-𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 6 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴.
By 31st March 2026, the pharmacy must be able to evidence that between 1st April 2025 and the day of the declaration that patients with asthma, for whom three or more short-acting bronchodilator inhalers were dispensed without any corticosteroid inhaler within a six-month period have, since the last review point, been referred to an appropriate healthcare professional for an asthma review."

𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗖𝗣𝗣𝗘 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗲-𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵
All pharmacists and any pharmacy technicians intending to provide the Pharmacy Contraception Service working at the pharmacy on the day of the declaration, must have satisfactorily completed, within the last 3 years (between 1st April 2023 and end of 31st March 2026), the CPPE online training and passed the e-assessment.

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 - 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗲-𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵
All pharmacists working at the pharmacy on the day of the declaration must have satisfactorily completed, within the last 4 years (between 1 April 2022 and end of 31 March 2026), the consulting with people with mental health problems e-learning CPPE online training.

26/03/2026

We've been reflecting on the 'Making the most PCS and EC' webinar led by CPPE tutor, independent prescriber and clinical services director for Evans Pharmacy, Emma Anderson, back in January.

The slide below outlining the 'golden minute' suggests asking patients seeking EC open questions such as: "can you tell me a little bit about what happened" to enable them to tell their story at the start of the consultation.

Building trust and confidence in this way is key providing an outstanding service and creating long-lasting patient relations within community pharmacy.

24/03/2026

𝗖-𝟭𝟵 𝘃𝗮𝗰: 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝗣𝗚𝗗 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱

NHS England has authorised and published the patient group direction (PGD) for use in the Spring 2026 COVID-19 vaccination campaign. You can download the PGD here 🔗 https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/covid-19-vaccine-5-years-and-over-patient-group-direction/

The publication of the PGD follows the earlier publication of a guide to support vaccination sites that intend to participate in the spring programme.

The legislation which enabled the development of National Protocols for the administration of COVID-19 vaccine lapses on 31st March 2026, but the Government has consulted on the introduction of a new, similar legal mechanism for the administration of vaccines – the Vaccine Group Direction – which will continue to enable suitably trained and competent registered and non-registered staff to participate in the programme.

Subject to the passage of legislation through Parliament, the COVID-19 Vaccine Group Direction for the spring programme is expected to be published on 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀
COVID-19 vaccinations will commence on 𝟭𝟯𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 and will end on 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀
The national booking service and 119 telephone booking service will be open for the public to make bookings from 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 to 𝟮𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗-𝟭𝟵 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻
Pharmacy owners who wish to provide COVID-19 vaccinations as part of the spring 2026 campaign but who have not yet registered to provide the service can still register by completing this electronic registration form 🔗 https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=slTDN7CF9UeyIge0jXdO4_ag3tZRpKxAnTfCqRlzbA5UNEtZTTZFUVFaU0daQTBEQ0hCNUZSSkdERi4u&route=shorturl

Pharmacy owners who register at this stage are not guaranteed to receive supplies of the COVID-19 vaccine for the start of the campaign.

The electronic registration form will be in place until 𝟯𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

Further information on the service and guidance can be found on Community Pharmacy England's Seasonal Vaccination Services hub page here 🔗 https://cpe.org.uk/national-pharmacy-services/advanced-services/seasonal-vaccination-services-covid-19-and-adult-flu/

23/03/2026

𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵

We've been working hard with sexual health teams locally to improve the sexual health and wellbeing of people across Nottinghamshire.

As a result, we've been invited to attend free training sessions that are being run for other healthcare professionals - please see the list below. These sessions are really informative and will support the consultations that are happening already whilst offering the pharmacy contraceptive services.

20/03/2026

‼️ 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀? 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗡𝗢𝗪! ‼️

There are still numerous pharmacies that are narrowly missing threshold payments by a handful of claims; some just by one or two claims. This means they miss out on either the £500 or £1000 threshold payment. And that is not good for any pharmacy business.

So, as we head towards the end of the month, check your Pharmacy First Threshold payments now and push for threshold over the next few days. Don’t miss out!