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Novartis have made us aware that AAH now has stock of Fluvirin.
They can be ordered in 10's using the following code. AAH Code - FLU0658G We are still waiting to here when other wholesalers will have stock and thier codes. As soon as I get that information I will let you know.
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Below is a copy of an email sent to Contractors informing them of timescales and contacts involved in Contract monitoring this year.
The Area team have clarified some timescales reagrding the CPAF process. Please see below the important dates and what you need to do for each. 31st October 2013 - Complete CPAF Log in in to PharmOutcomes and fill in the CPAF forms (Under the Assesment Section) The data for this will be picked up automatically by the area team. 8th November 2013 - Submission of Action Plan (where there is non-compliance) After you have completed the CPAF you need to go into the status of each section of the CPAF. If you are shown as non compliant you need to save the status report and action plan and email that into the area team. (The Link to download the PDF is in the left hand side of that status page under the heading Status - Please note this is at the top of the page so you may need to scroll up) 31st January 2014 - Action to be completed Any actions in the action plans need to be completed by the 31st January 31st March 2014 - Submission of other Contract Paper Work. The following need to be submitted electronically. If you have already submitted for this year they need to be submitted again. The Area team will accept these from now so if you have done them it may be advisable to send them in immediately. - Summary of the Patient Satisfaction Survey - Annual Complaints Report - Pharmacy Based Audit - Patient Leaflet All submission need to be made to Linda Bosher. Her details are below. Should you have any further queries please don't hesitate to contact her. Thanks Sami All Submissions and Queries should be sent to:- Linda Bosher Assistant Primary Care Commissioning Support County Durham, Darlington & Tees Area Team Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear Area Team NHS England Rapier House Colima Avenue Sunderland Enterprise Park Sunderland SR5 3XB Direct Dial: 0191 502 6572 Switch Board: 0191 502 6542 Fax: 01325 553096 Email: [email protected]  The following is a copy of a flu update sent to contractors on the 23rd October 2013 If you provide flu services please read and action accordingly. GP NOTIFICATION It is extremely important that a patients GP is informed of any vaccinations that have been given. This not only helps the record for national statistics but also ensures that the patients record is up to date and and reduces the possibility of a double vaccination occuring. We have had some reports to us that some GPs are not recieving notifiactions in a timely fashion. Please can we remind you that the SLA sates that "The client’s GP should be informed that immunisation has taken place as soon as possible, either immediately by fax or in a manner agreed locally, which must always provide a daily update of immunisations to each GP surgery (on weekdays) " PHARMOUTCOMES It is important that Pharmoutcomes is used to enter the details of your vaccines. This will ensure that you receive payment for your NHS vaccines but also allows us to collect data to help us keep the commissioners informed of progress. On that note we also would like contractors to fill in details of their Private vaccinations through pharmoutcomes as this helps us to analyse data across the 2 services. Currently we are seeing an increase in the numbers of NHS vaccinations but a low number of Private Vaccinations. It would seem that very few of our colleagues in the large chain pharmacies are entering this data. The LPC would like to encourage all contractors to enter this data as this helps us to assess uptake. If you are unsure on how to access PharmOutcomes please click here to visit our website and read the previous flu updates for details. SLA The Area team is still awaiting some SLA signature pages back. Please double check and make sure you have returned your SLA to Linda Bosher. Linda's Details are as follows. Linda Bosher Assistant Primary Care Commissioning Support County Durham, Darlington & Tees Area Team Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear Area Team NHS England Rapier House Colima Avenue Sunderland Enterprise Park Sunderland SR5 3XB Direct Dial: 0191 502 6572 Switch Board: 0191 502 6542 Fax: 01325 553096 Email: [email protected]CURRENT UPTAKE Current data from PharmOutcomes is showing over 1182 NHS Vaccines in Gateshead, South Tyneside & Sunderland area from 32 Pharmacies. Our neigbouring LPCS are showing 1734 in North of Tyne and 6139 in Cumbria. Please make sure you are entering your data as soon as possible into PharmOutcomes. VACCINE SUPPLY We understand that vaccine supply has been a real struggle and we are constantly speak to Novartis about it however we have not had a firm date of supply yet. We understand Vaccine is obtainable from different suppliers and wholesalers and our advice is that you shop arround on a daily basis to see where supplies are available. We appreciate this is not ideal however it is beyond our control. The NHS PGD does not restrict you a particular brand so please do not think you need to stick to Novartis. If you have used Novartis to train(through the LPC) they have also supplied us with a Private PGD which does not restrict you either. These PGD was emailed out directly from Novartis however they can also be downloaded from the Northern Pharmacy Website Resource pages. START UP PROCESS & FAQ's We have had a number of queries and questions surround the Flu service. We will be putting up an FAQ on the Northern Pharmacy Website shortly. This may answer many of the your questions. Despite all our communications, one of the big questions we are getting asked in particular is how we sign up to the NHS Service. Below is a summary of what you need to do. For further detail please visit ournews pages to read our previous communications. 1. Ensure appropriate training has taken place in the pharmacy. Pharmacists need to have training in giving IM injections, Basic Life Support and Anaphylaxis. 2. Log in to PharmOutcomes for your pharmacies 3. Fill in the NHS Service Accreditation form for each Pharmacist who will be vaccinating 4. Once Accreditation has been confirmed this will result in 3 services appearing in PharmOutcomes - NHS Service - Private Service - Evaluation Service 5. You will use these services to report your vaccinations and evaluation forms. 6. Visit the Northern Pharmacy Website Resources Page 7. Download the NHS SLA, PGD'S, Consultation Form, and Evaluation Form. 8. Carefully read the SLA and PGD's 9. Ensure you are happy with the content of those documents and have everything in place to provide the service. 10. Sign the SLA Signature page and return to Linda Bosher (See above) 11. Order Vaccines 12 Proceed with service. 13. Enter all vaccines into Pharmoutcomes 14. Enter all Evaluation forms into Pharmoutcomes 15. Ensure the Patients GP is informed as soon as possible. Should you have any queries please don't hesitate to contact us and once we the FAQ is ready online I will email out again. We have been asked to let pharmacies know about a generic email that has been set up to receive controlled drug incidents and destructions requests in our area.
Controlled drug incidents or concerns should be notified to the NHS England Accountable Officer for Controlled Drugs via the NECS Medicines Optimisation Team. Emma Post ([email protected]) will still be the contact for North of Tyne & South of Tyne areas. The new contact details for CD's are as follows. Emma Post Telephone: 0191 217 2983 Fax: 0191 217 2506 Email: [email protected] Examples of incidents that should be reported include: • Fraudulent / forged prescriptions • Lost / stolen prescriptions and /or medication • Controlled drug balance discrepancies • Dispensing errors involving controlled drugs A Resource page has been added to the Gateshead & South Tyneside LPC Website for you to download, print and use in the pharmacy. The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has set a date for the next Ask Your Pharmacist (AYP) public awareness week:
4-11 November 2013. This year, the focus will be on advice and treatment for common ailments and other community pharmacy based support to help people stay well during the winter months. People will be encouraged to make use of pharmacies as their first port of call for self-care inside and outside the NHS. We would like to hear from you if you have any good news stories that help to showcase the excellent services provided by community pharmacy. Please get in touch with any stories or photos. For further information about Ask Your Pharmacist week please go to www.npa.co.uk You may recall that the flu PGD refers to the requirement to have an adrenaline PGD. Though this is entirely unnecessary, and has been pointed out to the the Area Team they have supplied one.
You can download it from the Northern Pharmacy Website. NHS England has announced the appointment of the substantive Chairs to the Pharmacy LPNs for Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and Durham, Darlington and Tees.
Richard Copeland will Chair the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear network and Mike Maguire will lead the Durham, Darlington and Tees pharmacy network. Commneting on the appointments Medical Directors Dr Mike Guy and Dr Miike Prenctice said "Both candidates excelled at interview, outlining both an ambitious long-term vision for the new LPNs, complimented by deliverable, meaningful changes for patients in the short- to medium-term. As well as bringing a wealth of experience and skills to the role of LPN Chair, they also bring a passion for improving the health and wellbeing of our patients and bringing pharmacy into the mainstream of health and social care commissioning which set them apart. They identified the key relationships that need to be formed to deliver change, in commissioners in CCGs and Area Teams to help pathway redesign, supporting local authorities in the preventative agenda and health and wellbeing boards to shape wider service development and integration to address wider health inequalities. " As one of the outgoing interim Chairs of the LPN, David Carter said "This is really good news for pharmacy in our region. Richard and Mike are well known to us as exceptional pharmacists who, I'm sure, will lead the LPNs forward to position pharmacy firmly within the NHS commissioning environment where new services will benefit patients and reduce inequalities" Background Information about the LPN Each NHS England area team (AT) has three Local Professional Networks (LPNs) covering pharmacy, dentistry and optometry. The LPNs are intended to provide clinical input into the operation of the Area Team and local commissioning decisions. They are also the focus for NHS England’s work on quality improvement for the three local services. CCGs will undertake a similar role for their constituent medical practices. NHS England has said that LPNs will:
Pharmacy LPN specific functions include:
The next Substance Misuse Meeting is being held at Angel view on 22nd October 2013. 6.30pm Buffet 7pm Start to 9pm. Please contact Susan Gray if you would like to attend. [email protected] 0191 443 8141 
 The LPC would like to remind pharmacies who are providing flu services that they need to make sure they enter their claims onto PharmOutcomes.
We currently have a number of accredited pharmacies who have not yet put any data into PharmOutcomes. We need to constantly update NHS England with our vaccinations nubers so it would be helpful if you could put your claims through as soon as possible after vaccinating. This gives us a live report. Currently we are showing 380 vaccinations across 15 pharmacies. Yet we have accredited more that 45 pharmacies. Our neighbouring LPC's are showing large numbers of vaccinations in the first week of service (Cumbria - 2000+, North of Tyne 1000+). Remember PharmOutcomes will provide the Area team with an invoice for payment so it is important that you put a process in place to regularly update PharmOuctomes with your vaccinations. If you use the consultation forms during your service you can always ask members of your pharmacy team to input the data into PharmOutcomes.  The PGD and SLA for the NHS Service is now out. They can be found on the Northern Pharmacy Resource Web Pages as well as other support documents. e.g Consultation forms, Evaluation Letters, Support packs, National references etc.
You can access these resources by visiting http://www.northernpharmacy.net/ The resources pages are linked from the menu along the top right. You will need to pick the page relevant to your LPC area. Each page is different and contains slightly different resources. Don't forget to make use of the marketing material on the Northern Pharmacy which is linked on the same menu. PharmOutcomes - in Gateshead , South Tyneside , Sunderland & North of Tyne Now the SLA and PGD are available. Activation of the services on PharmOutcomes has started. If you have completed the accreditation service you will find the flu services will activate shortly so keep an eye on the system. Sami Hanna, (Flu Lead for the LPC) said "it has been hard work to get everything ready for the flu service and I would to thank contractors for their patience and wish them all the best with this years flu campaign in particular around those hard to reach patients. (Those under 65 with risk factors)." |
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