 The LPC is delighted to announce that community pharmacy has been commissioned for 2015-16 to provide an NHS flu vaccination service. All eligible groups will again be able to be vaccinated in community pharmacy, i.e. those over 65 years of age, pregnant women and those with clinical risk aged under 65 years. One significant change this year is that pharmacists will be able to vaccinate those in the clinical risk group aged 14 and upwards, i.e. 14, 15, 16 and 17 year olds will be included in the pharmacy service for the first time.
The commissioner wants 100% of pharmacies to provide the service to maximise the number of patients receiving their vaccination. Last year, we had 76 pharmacies which provided the vaccination service which is 49% of pharmacies in Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland. The LPC's will be contacting those pharmacies which didn’t provide the service to understand why and encourage sign-up unless there is a genuine reason provision is not possible. Provision of the service in participating pharmacies ranged from 391 in the top provider to 4 in the bottom provider. The LPC will be arranging a series of meetings to discuss the flu service and some top tips will be shared from the best performing pharmacies to support those which struggled with engagement. Details of these events will be circulated in due course. If purchasing is within your remit, then now is the time to be looking to place a vaccine order to secure the best possible price. Remember, for the NHS service, you can use whichever vaccine you want, as the PGD is for generic flu vaccine. As more details come out we will update our website and send out news on the Email, Facebook and Twitter. Make sure your sign up to our newsletter or follow us on Twitter / Facebook. LPC commissioned training will also be advertised as soon as a provider is secured.
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Gemma Donovan from Sunderland University is conducting research regarding guidance provided about unlicensed medicines. Please see below information and contact Gemma directly with any questions or support you can provide. Details in the letter.  Mens Health Week 15th-21st June - Live Well Gateshead resources available to Gateshead Pharmacies8/6/2015  Men’s Health Week is on 15th – 21st June and the theme is to focus on healthy living challenging men to ‘Live Well’. Pharmacies are in a great position to spread the word? Each day of the week will be themed around one of the Men's Health Week messages: • Monday - Look after your relationship and wellbeing • Tuesday - Watch your weight • Wednesday - NHS Health Check • Thursday - Don't smoke • Friday - Be active • Saturday - Drink sensibly The Live Well Gateshead Hub have asked us to distribute the information below to help you with health promotions in Gateshead. How can the Live Well Gateshead Hub help? Below is a campaigns guidance template. Anyone working to promote health or studying health in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead can contact at the Live Well Gateshead Hub for materials and resources. All resources will soon be available to be viewed and ordered from the Health Promotion Access Catalogue (HPAC) at hpac.gateshead.gov.uk which they are aiming to have up and running end of June. A wide range of training opportunities is also available free of charge, for example brief interventions on topics including stopping smoking, sexual health, NHS Health Checks, emotional health and wellbeing, alcohol awareness and making every contact and health improvement contact. To see what’s on or to book a place, visit the Live Well Gateshead Hub at http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/live-well-gateshead-hub-7457865161 Partner activities and events can be promoted via the Live Well Gateshead social media sites as follows: Facebook LiveWellGateshead Twitter @LiveWellGhead You can also promote your events and activities through the ‘Our Gateshead’ website which can be found at www.ourgateshead.org For more information and support to promote the campaigns in your area, please contact: Ben Jolly on 0191 283 2463 or email[email protected] for more information.  Further to the message put on PharmOutcomes from NHS England, please see the letter below which details Organisation Change and senior appointments locally as well as information on Performer Concerns.   Live Well Gateshead is a health service commissioned by the Council in GATESHEAD and has been developed with a range of health partners to help people in Gateshead make positive lifestyle changes to improve their health.
The service can help people develop a personal action plan to help them achieve their goals including: · Stop smoking support · Alcohol awareness · Healthy eating · Being more active · Improve confidence It can also provide individual, group or family support and can help people of Gateshead access other services including: · Debt management · Housing advice · Employment services · Community groups · Volunteering opportunities · And many more... Live Well Gateshead can can offer Pharmacies around Gateshead packs consisting of Live Well Gateshead materials to display in the Pharmacies and plasma TV screen images too if applicable, along with other resources and training too. For further information please contact Ben Jolly. Details Below. Ben Jolly Live Well Gateshead Communications and Marketing Lead Health Improvement Service The Centre for Health Whitehouse Business Park Peterlee Co Durham SR8 2RU Tel No: 0191 569 2892 Switchboard: 0191 587 4800 Fax: 0191 569 2801 Email: [email protected] |
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