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🎄Community Pharmacy Devon Weekly Dose 🎄 |
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Thursday 19th December 2024 |
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Due to popular demand, we at Community Pharmacy Devon have decided to review our communications and bring you a weekly newsletter that will provide a brief overview of important activity.
As always, if you have any feedback or comments, please contact us by email at admin@cpdevon.org.uk. |
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Pharmacy Opening Times Over Christmas and New Year |
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For a full list of pharmacy opening times over the Christmas and New Year period, please click here. |
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Self-Care During the Festive Season - Advice from the Devon Wellbeing Hub |
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The festive period can be filled with excitement and joy, but it can also be an overwhelming time with various pressures and challenges. As we approach the end of another year, Lau Harp, a Psychotherapist at the Devon Wellbeing Hub, explains how we should use this time of year to reflect on all we have accomplished and practise some self-care to help us thrive.
Please find a link to the article here.
You can also visit the Pharmacist Support website for free and confidential support services. |
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Contact Numbers for FP10s |
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Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust are starting to increase their use of FP10 prescriptions in a small number of specialities, this is most likely to impact Torbay and South Devon pharmacies.
The best contact numbers for Community Pharmacies to use if you have any queries regarding relevant prescriptions are as follows:
Ophthalmology 01803 655088
Gastroenterology 01803 655404
Dermatology 01803 656532
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Safeguarding |
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It is everyone’s responsibility to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the young and vulnerable people in society. Are you confident you would recognise the signs and signals that might indicate potential abuse or neglect? Would you know what action to take if you suspected abuse or neglect? The minimum level of safeguarding training for pharmacy professionals (pharmacists, trainee pharmacists and pharmacy technicians) is level 2 for all areas of safeguarding. These areas are children and young people, looked after children, and adults. Find out more on the CPPE Safeguarding Gateway page, including links to the e-LFH training and the NHS Safeguarding App and on our Community Pharmacy Devon safeguarding page. |
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NHS Smartcard Action Required |
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Please be aware that if your smartcard or role on your smartcard was set up a long time ago, you may need to update it to keep it working. NHS England and Community Pharmacy England recommend that pharmacy team members with NHS Smartcards visit the Community Pharmacy England Smartcard page to support ongoing use of their smartcards. |
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North Devon Mental Health and Wellbeing Training Session |
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Join us for a training session on personal and peer wellbeing. This will be taking place at The Barnstaple Hotel, Braunton Road, Barnstaple EX31 1LE on Tuesday the 21st Jan 2025 18:30 - 21:00pm. There will be advice on how to recognise if someone may be struggling and need some support and ways to offer this support to colleagues through multiple avenues.
Click here to sign up. |
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Positive News Stories |
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If you have a positive news story to share with us please send it to admin@cpdevon.org.uk and it will be featured in an upcoming edition of the review. If featured, you will also win a surprise gift for you and your team up to the value of £25! |
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COMMUNITY PHARMACY DEVON SECRETARIAT TEAM |
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