Important News on LATE PAYMENT OF PHARMACY SERVICES (Minor Ailments & MAR Charts) - Action Needed20/5/2014 Gateshead & South Tyneside LPC met with Chris Sharpe (Finance Director at NECS) and Janette Stephenson recently to discuss the non payment of CCG commissioned services (Minor Ailments & MAR Charts).
Going Forward Following a robust discussion we agreed the following.
Historic Claims - Action Needed Contractors are well aware that they haven’t been paid correctly (if at all) for these professional services dating back to April 2013. Recently contractors resubmitted these claim, however the LPC has discovered that there are still problems with missing data - including professional fees. This will result in further underpayment. The LPC has brought this to NECS attention and asked for this be remedied asap. To this end a pre-popualted form will be sent from NECS in the near future (Next week) for you to double check and add in the missing data. (E.g. April 2013 to April 2014 claims and numbers of prescription forms submitted). Returning this will ensure you are paid promptly and fully for all CCG services delivered between April 2013 and April 2014. (13 months outstanding) We understand this will be frustrating for contractors as this will be the third time you will be submitting this data. The LPC made it perfectly clear that this was unacceptable and NECs have offered an 8% late payment compensatory fee for all outstanding monies. This will be automatically added. NECS have apologised sincerely and have agreed to work over time to process these payments as a matter of urgency. We urge all contractors to return the pre-populated forms as soon as they receive it. We appreciate this situation is not ideal however we believe the outcomes we have agreed will bring this matter to a close.
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 The LPC recently met with the head of the Talking Therapy service. The service is a primary care mental health service open to all those registered with a GP in Gateshead or South Tyneside. The LPC believe that this is an important service that may be useful to patients coming in to the pharmacy. Flyers and posters will shortly be sent direct to all pharmacies to help highlight the service. You can also download electronic copies below. Below is also some information about the service as well as contact details.  What is a talking therapy? When we hit a rough patch in life we can often get through it with support from friends, family or colleagues. There can be times when this doesn’t feel as though it’s working or you don’t know who to turn to. Talking therapies are there to help people through these difficult times in life. Our service offers an assessment appointment to help you decide, with the support of one of our experienced therapists, which therapy would be the most helpful for you. All of our therapies are confidential and will provide you with a safe place to discuss the issues that are troubling you. They are all provided on a one-to-one basis, except for our courses which are for small groups of people. Having therapy can feel like a scary thing to do, especially if you feel you can’t tell anyone how you are feeling. All of our therapists are properly qualified and experienced in supporting people who are going through issues such as depression and anxiety. The therapies that we provide are recognised nationally as being particularly helpful for certain issues. Please read further on in this leaflet to find out more about the different types of therapy we have available. Our contact telephone number can be found on the back page. We work with people who have: • anxiety • depression • trauma • stress • bereavement • and other issues Anyone registered with a GP in Gateshead or South Tyneside can self refer in complete confidence, no need to visit your GP if you do not want to. Our service is provided by the NHS and there is no charge. If you need more details or would like to self refer please call 0191 283 2937 South Tyneside residents or 0191 2832541 Gateshead residents Electronic Versions of Talking Therapy Leaflets
The LPC would like to remind contractors that the Home Office is changing the regulations for tramadol .
We understand that the changes will come in force on Tuesday 10th June: The new legislation can be viewed by clicking here. The main changes that are likely to affect pharmacy contractors will be the following however the LPC recommend that contractors read the legislation changes.
The biggest impact is likely to be the change for tramadol and it means that all prescriptions for tramadol will have to comply with CD Schedule 3 requirements from 10th June 2014. The CNTW Area team have asked us to distribute their new email address for safeguarding concerns. The address to use is [email protected] For any queries regarding this please contact Lisa Major at the area team.
Lisa Major Administration Assistant/Secretary to Primary Care Commissioning Manager Pharmacy & Optometry and Quality & Performers and GP Teams NHS England Durham, Darlington & Tees, Cumbria, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear Area Teams Based at: Rapier House Colima Avenue Sunderland Enterprise Park Sunderland SR5 3XB Direct Dial: 0191 502 6529/5026569 Switchboard: 0191 502 6542 Fax: 0191 275 4315 Email: [email protected]  Sunderland University are seeking the opinion of community pharmacists on their clinical pharmacy diploma course. Please see the information below and respond accordingly.
 The LPC has worked jointly with B-D, Diabetes UK and Sanofi to put on a CPD training workshop for pharmacists and their staff on Diabetes. The workshop is will give you a CPD update on diabetes as well as training on Injection technique and Key tips for MURs with diabetic patients. It is open to all pharmacists and their staff members. The workshop will take place on the 21st May 2014 at quality Hotel East Boldon. The meeting will start at 6.30pm. Food and drink will be available from 6pm. You can book onto the event by filling in the registration form below. The Local Professional Network (LPN's) have asked us to pass on an update newsletter from the LPN chairs. This newsletter can be accessed by clicking it below. For any further information or an queries please use the contacts within the news letter. 
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