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Contractor notification – retrospective price adjustment

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have retrospectively determined that the reimbursement prices for the following items will be: Glyceryl trinitrate 400micrograms/dose aerosol sublingual spray (180 dose) – £3.43 (instead of £3.37) between April and June 2019 Telmisartan 80mg/Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5mg tablets (28 pack) – £16.79 (instead of £16.72) for June 2019. Payment for...

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PCN engagement – implementation guidance and resources update (June 2019)

This update has been issued to support LPCs in engaging with Primary Care Networks (PCNs). It builds on PSNC Briefing 015/19: Supporting community pharmacies to engage with Primary Care Networks – potential actions for LPCs. PSNC has identified four phases of community pharmacy engagement with PCNs over the next 12 to 24 months. Focussing on...

3 days ago

PCSE invitation to contractors to test market entry online

Last month (May 2019), we shared with pharmacy contractors, the PCSE Engagement team’s invitation to test the market entry online portal. PCSE have confirmed that it will be hosting an initial introduction to user acceptance testing to Market Entry PCSE online on Tuesday 9th July at the Arlington Business Centre in Leeds, the session will...

4 days ago

Community Pharmacy West Yorkshire e-Learning

Welcome to the Community Pharmacy West Yorkshire e-Learning platform.

We are working with Virtual Outcomes to deliver a series of online training events throughout the year. The training is free to access and is open to all members of the pharmacy team. An introduction for Virtual Outcomes can be found here: https://vimeo.com/316124447.

Each module will take around 15-20 minutes to complete. The contents typically include an introduction to the topic, how it impacts the health of your patients and what you can do to support them. There is also a link to where you can get nationally available resources for health promotion campaigns. Each month at least one new topic will be released for the whole team to view. Some of the modules are aimed at Healthy Living Pharmacy Champions, but will be useful for the whole team. Additional modules will also be provided on key emerging topics like General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

You can access the e-learning modules from a PC, laptop, tablet or smartphone with an internet connection. You will need your F-code and an email address to register. Once you have registered you will get an email notification of any new courses.

You will be able to access a certificate for each module completed.

We hope that you will make use of this e-learning platform and that you find it useful. We will review the system this year and decide whether we continue to invest in this on your behalf. Your feedback will be invaluable in developing courses so please let us have any feedback you have.

If you need help logging on to watch the webinar please see the Virtual Outcomes Login Easy Guide.

Locum pharmacists wishing to access Virtuaul Ouctomes e-learning should use the F-code of the West Yorkshire pharmacy you are current working in, or last worked in.

To access the courses please click here (https://www.virtualoutcomes.co.uk/pharmacy-training/).

Safeguarding Training Now Live!

This training will help you and your team understand your responsibilities with safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

Course Objectives:

To understand your responsibility to safeguard children and vulnerable adults
To understand the different types of abuse.
To understand who is at higher risk of being abused
To increase awareness of the physical and behavioural signs of abuse.

Safeguarding Training Flyer

Stroke Training!

You can help to raise awareness of Stroke and the impact it has on sufferers and their friends and families. This training will help you to educate the general public on reducing their likelhood of having a stroke as well as increasing their awareness of the signs and symptoms of stroke and the actions they should take.

Course Objectives:

To understand the key facts about strokes.
To understand the main risk factors for strokes and how these can be reduced.
To give ideas of campaigns you can run and the resources available to help build displays.

Stroke Training Flyer

Video: https://vimeo.com/334707107

Children's Dental Health Training!

The contractual pharmacy Public Health campaign for Mid May - Mid June is Children's Oral Health!

Course Objectives:

To remind you of the reasons why it is important for you and your teams to support parents and carers with their children’s oral health.
To understand how to brush teeth properly.
To understand the role sugar plays in dental cavities and what advice the team can give to reduce sugar intake.
To give ideas of campaigns you can run.

Children's Dental Health Training Flyer

Video: https://vimeo.com/326992139

Data Security and Protection Toolkit Pharmacy Training

Need help and support to make sure your staff are accredited for Level 1 Data Security before the 31st March deadline? Want to brief the team, but not sure where to start?

Then this FREE online training is for you. For more information, please see this short clip about the course and the flyer below: https://vimeo.com/320564090.

Data Security and Protection Toolkit Training Flyer

Podcasts

If you are short of time, why not listen to the latest e-Learning training module from Virtual Outcomes on the way into work, at the gym or in the supermarket. You can watch the full course online and obtain your certificate at a later time. You can then encourage the rest of your pharmacy team to watch the full video.

The podcasts are available on iPhone via iTunes, or for Android phones, you can download the files here: https://www.virtualoutcomes.co.uk/pharmacy-training/podcasts/.