Pharmacies expected to be open on 26th December 2015 (Boxing Day)

Pharmacies with core hours on the 26th December will be expected to open.  Please see the message below from NHS England and  please note that if you have core contractual hours on a Saturday, you will be expected to be open and work those hours on Saturday 26th December. 

If you have supplementary hours, you can notify a change of hours and close for the supplementary hours but you MUST provide 90 days’ notice of the change to your supplementary hours, i.e. notification by Sunday 27th September at the latest.

Any queries regarding this should be directed to NHS England.

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NHS England considers community pharmacy to be an important part of our system resilience. 

We have been promoting community pharmacy to the public as a first stop for self-care and professional advice to elderly people who are "feeling under the weather". In order to support this we will be asking all primary care contractors whose contracted hours include Saturdays to open their normal hours on 26 December 2015. Local arrangements will be put in place to ensure adequate pharmaceutical services are available on the Boxing Day Bank Holiday on 28th December 2015.


Thank you for your attention.
Kind regards
Helen

Helen Scott (Mrs)
Primary Care Commissioning Support (Pharmacy & Optometry)
NHS England – North (Cumbria and North East)
The Old Exchange
Barnard Street
Darlington
DL3 7DR

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