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Pharmacies giving 17 unpaid consultations per day

The average community pharmacy in England conducts 17 'informal' patient consultations each day, PSNC has found. 

27 May 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Five ways to boost your CPCS referrals

What can you do to give things a kick start for your Community Pharmacist Consultation Service referrals? 

19 May 2021 , 3 Min Article

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"Incredibly disappointing" start to CPCS referrals from GPs

The GP referral arm of the consultation service has got off to an “incredibly disappointing” start says PSNC chief Dukes.

01 Mar 2021 , 1 Min Article

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GPs bypassing consultation service, PSNC reports

The PSNC has said it is concerned that some general practice teams are referring patients to pharmacies “informally”.

20 Jan 2021 , 1 Min Article

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GPs bypassing consultation service, PSNC reports

The PSNC has said it is concerned that some general practice teams are referring patients to pharmacies “informally”.

20 Jan 2021 , 1 Min Article

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"That was the year that was"

Can you remember those heady, far-off days of early March 2020 BC (Before Coronavirus)?

11 Dec 2020 , 1 Min Article

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GPs can make CPCS referrals from Sunday

From Sunday November 1, GPs will be able to refer patients with minor illnesses to community pharmacies via the NHS consultation service. 

30 Oct 2020 , 1 Min Article

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GPs can make CPCS referrals from Sunday

From Sunday November 1, GPs will be able to refer patients with minor illnesses to community pharmacies via the NHS consultation service. 

30 Oct 2020 , 1 Min Article

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GP referrals to CPCS to start in the autumn

GP practices will be able to refer patients to pharmacies through the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service this autumn.

21 Sep 2020 , 1 Min Article

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Urgent supply notifications go live on Sonar and PharmOutcomes

NHS Digital is rolling out electronic notifications to GPs when one of their patients receives an urgent medicine supply from a community pharmacy.

27 Aug 2020 , 1 Min Article

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Over 30 million use NHS 111 online during pandemic

A “record number” of people have used NHS 111 online since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, NHS Digital has said. 

12 Aug 2020 , 1 Min Article

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Roll out of EPS 4 being accelerated

Pharmacies should see hand signed FP10s replaced with Phase 4 tokens.

06 Aug 2020 , 1 Min Article

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Simon Stevens visits pharmacy to mark CPCS milestone

NHS chief Simon Stevens marked the fact pharmacies in England have processed over 300k CPCS referrals. 

19 Jun 2020 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy CAS provides extra support at NHS 111

Calls referred to Pharmacy CAS adapted from CPCS symptom groups

21 Apr 2020 , 1 Min Article

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Making self care a policy priority

There is still some way to go before self care is established as a policy priority and included in healthcare frameworks.

19 Mar 2020 , 3 Min Article

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Pharmacy 111 referrals up 10% due to CPCS

Pharmacy 111 referrals have risen by 10 per cent since October 2019.

17 Mar 2020 , 1 Min Article

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