A mop up session for the GP 2 Pharmacy PGDS has been planned for Wednesday 9th October 6.30-8.30 at the Clarion, Boldon.

This will be the very last GP2P training session (until any new PGDs are introduced), so it is imperative that you attend this session (if you haven’t attended one of the previous sessions) to commence delivering the service.

This session goes over the PGDs in turn, Dr Anji Curry and Louise Lydon (the authors of the PGDs) will ensure you’re fully trained to use these documents and that you understand all of the aspects.  In addition Louise will provide your pharmacy with the clinical equipment (otoscopes, tongue depressors, consumables etc)

Please use the booking form below to sign up
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​Save the Date:   -  15th October 2019
Venue - Clarion Hotel Boldon
Time - 6.30pm (for 7pm start)
Catering - Food Provided
Booking Details - Use the form Below

Event Details
Gateshead and South Tyneside LPC are putting a contractor event on to discuss two major issues affecting community pharmacy at the moment.  Primary Care Networks (PCN's) and the new deal for the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF).

PCNS
Primary Care Networks (PCNs) are a key part of the NHS Long Term Plan, with all general practices being required to be in a network by June 2019, and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) being required to commit recurrent funding to develop and maintain them.  The networks will have expanded neighbourhood teams which will comprise a range of staff such as GPs, pharmacists, district nurses, community geriatricians, dementia workers and Allied Health Professionals such as physiotherapists and podiatrists/chiropodists, joined by social care and the voluntary sector’.

Under the plans, all general practices will be aligned to a PCN, covering 30,000-50,000. patients, with local Enhanced services funded by CCGs and provided through the new. network contracts. The networks will provide the structure and funding for services to be developed locally, in response to the needs of the patients they serve. It is important that community pharmacy teams are fully involved in the work of their PCN.

Hence the LPC have decided to hold a local event (Tuesday 15th October) inviting all community pharmacies within Gateshead and South Tyneside. to an evening event looking at PCN boundaries, which GP surgeries are in which PCNs and how pharmacies can support each other.

Part of the new Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework refers to Primary Care Networks as part of the Composite bundle so we would encourage all contractors to attend.

CPCF
​A a lot of information has now been released about the CPCF and can be accessed via the PSNC website.  The PSNC have run several road shows across the country.  We are hoping to have the PSNC attend our meeting to discuss the contract and take contractor questions.

Working with our colleagues at Gateshead Council Public Health we have arranged an EHC training session which will be run on the 30th  July 2019 for pharmacists in Gateshead & South Tyneside.  The training will be held at the Clarion Hotel in Boldon. 
Tea, Coffee and Pastries will be provided from 6.30pm with the training starting at 7pm


The workshop will be run by Dr Janet Gallagher (Associate Specialist Sexual Health Services) and will provide an :- 

• Introduction to sexual health services available in South Tyneside & Gateshead 
• Introduction of pharmacy to sexual health signposting and referral pathways
• Understanding of the accredited EHC provider programme
• Introduction to core roles and responsibilities of pharmacies and sexual health service
• Introduction to EHC PGD and professional obligations

The training  will cover you for face to face training requirements in Gateshead and South Tyneside EHC Service.  Booking early will avoid disappointment as EHC sessions tend to get booked up very quickly.

An additional  PGD session for any pharmacists who did not manage to attends either of the first 2 PGD sessions as been organised.

Dr Anji Curry and Louise Lydon (the authors of the PGDs) will be running a mop up session to go over all of the PGDs.
If you missed one or both of the PGD sessions you must attend this evening please.  

The event will be run on  Wednesday 12th June at the  Clarion Hotel  Boldon
The event will start at 6.30pm 

You will receive an update on all of the PGDs.

Please book on to the event using the form below.  Should you have any queries please contact our secretary Louise Lydon

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An extra training event for the GP2Pharmacy Service has now confirmed.  The content of the events is such that a full day training is required. It will run at the Clarion hotel in Boldon.  The number of places is limited  and so we are restricting this training to just pharmacists working in Pharmacies in South Tyneside area offering GP2Pharmacy. It has been put on to cater for those who missed out on the earlier sessions.  It will not be possible to allow those booked on to other sessions to chnage to this one.

Dates:   Sunday 12th May
Venue: Clarion Hotel Bolden
Times:  9:00 to 17:00 (Please arrive for 8.45am)

The training event will be based around Clinical Skills Updating including ear testing and chest examination skills.
CPPE trainers and a GP will be supporting the training event. 
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Pre Course Work
CPPE are running this course for us and have got some pre course work that needs to be completed.
Click here to donwload the material

Working with our colleagues at Gateshead Council Public Health we have arranged 2 EHC training sessions which will be run on the 30th April 2019 and 2nd July 2019 for pharmacists in Gateshead & South Tyneside.  The training will be held at the Clarion Hotel in Boldon.  Refreshments will be avialble from 6.30pm with the training starting at 7pm


The workshop will be run by Dr Janet Gallagher (Associate Specialist Sexual Health Services) and will provide an :- 

• Introduction to sexual health services available in South Tyneside & Gateshead 
• Introduction of pharmacy to sexual health signposting and referral pathways
• Understanding of the accredited EHC provider programme
• Introduction to core roles and responsibilities of pharmacies and sexual health service
• Introduction to EHC PGD and professional obligations

The training  will cover you for face to face training requirements in Gateshead and South Tyneside EHC Service.  Booking early will avoid disappointment as EHC sessions tend to get booked up very quickly.

You can book on to either session using the forms below.  Both sessions are exactly the same.

The next training event for the GP2Pharmacy Service are now confirmed.  The content of the events is such that a full day training is required.  We have arranged two events.  Both will be run at the Clarion hotel in Boldon.  You only need to attend one of the sessions.  The number of places is limited and so we are restricting this training to just pharmacists working in Pharmacies in South Tyneside area offering GP2Pharmacy.

Dates:   Sunday 28th April or Wednesday 8th May
Venue: Clarion Hotel Bolden
Times:  10:00 to 16:00

The training event will be based around Clinical Skills Updating including ear testing and chest examination skills.
CPPE trainers and a GP will be supporting the training event. 
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The LPC has been working with Newcastle City Council and Newcastle Gateshead CCG to develop a blood pressure testing service to identify patients with untreated hypertension, following an award of funding from the British Heart Foundation.

The service will be provided by  20 pharmacies in Gateshead, targeting areas of multiple deprivation. The service will only be available to patients registered with a  Gateshead GP practice.

Your health champion and any other appropriate member of staff will be trained as a blood pressure champion and will deliver the service. Blood pressure meters will be provided to the pharmacy. Patients identified in the pharmacy as potentially being hypertensive will be provided with a blood pressure meter to use at home for seven days and then return to the pharmacy for the results to be reviewed. All information will be recorded in PharmOutcomes and if necessary, a referral letter will be sent to the patient's GP practice and an appointment made for them.

Training will take place on Wednesday 24th April at the Clarion Hotel Bolden (6.30-7pm start)

Fees
You will be paid £10 for each patient given a home blood pressure meter, following an abnormal blood pressure reading and £10 for each patient referred to their GP.
 
There is no funding for a normal Blood Pressure reading.
All Healthy Living Pharmacies within Gateshead CCG  are invited to express an interest in providing the Blood Pressure Testing service.  In determining which pharmacies will participate in the service the CCGs will apply the following selection criteria:

• Ease of access for residents within the locality
• Location within the Gateshead CCG area with respect to other pharmacy providers
• Location within the Gateshead CCG area with respect to identified gaps in estimated prevalence of hypertension and Quality Outcomes Framework disease register for Hypertension
• Pharmacy team including locums fully aware and committed to providing the service at the time of expression
• Pharmacy willing to participate in evaluation of the service and use of PharmOutcomes to collect data

Please use  the link below to book yourself on the training and express interest for your pharmacy to take part.  If the service is oversubscribed the council will look at the areas and decide which pharmacies will be able to take part.

The LPC is pleased to announce that the next clinical training events to enable Community Pharmacists to offer more PGDs have been arranged for 7th and 14th March. At the first date an overview of the new PGDs will be given, followed by more in-depth clinical training to accompany the PGDs at the second. Please book onto both sessions. The exact number of PGDs that we will cover is currently not known, but we have 11 more completed; which are on sign off and working through the CCG for approval.


Please use the forms below to book on- you will need to book onto both sessions individually.


In addition, if you missed the training for the first 2 PGDs, the training will be repeated for these PGDs at the end of the clinical training on the 14th.