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Community Pharmacy Devon Weekly Dose |
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Thursday 30th January 2025 |
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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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Stroke Prevention Day 2025 |
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Today is Stroke Prevention Day and this year the Stroke Association is focusing on raising awareness that high blood pressure is the biggest risk factor for stroke and it plays a part in about half of all strokes. Today, and the rest of this week could be a good opportunity to try offer additional BP checks to patients through the Hypertension Case-Finding Service! More information can be found on the Stroke Association website here.
This #StrokePreventionDay we're proud to support the Stroke Association and join them in encouraging everyone to check their blood pressure so that we can stop stroke before it happens. Find out more at stroke.org.uk/stroke-prevention-day #SPD25
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Deadline Tracker |
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The Deadline Tracker for November is now available on our website. Please view here. |
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Join the Big Conversation on Pharmacy Professional Leadership |
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The UK Pharmacy Professional Leadership Advisory Board (UKPPLAB) is launching a ‘Big Conversation’ as part of a ground-breaking collaborative approach to shaping pharmacy professional leadership for the future. Interactive webinars will be held across the UK from 3rd to 25th February 2025, giving pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and wider pharmacy team members an opportunity to have their say on a proposed vision and common purpose for pharmacy professional leadership.
To join, please click here to choose from the list of webinars and sign up. You don’t have to be a member of a professional leadership body or specialist professional group to join a webinar. All webinars are open to everyone. To read more information about the Board’s work and a press release about the engagement exercise, please see here.
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Community Pharmacy Patient Safety Group |
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The Community Pharmacy Patient Safety Group (CPPSG), hosted by the CCA, is made up of the 16 largest community pharmacy organisations, as well as the Independent Pharmacies Association (IPA), National Pharmacy Association (NPA) and Numark - (see more details on the PSG here.)
The CPPSG are currently supporting the work of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), in collaboration with the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group (NPPG). NHS England tasked these two organisations (RCPCH and NPPG) with improving dispensing practices for liquid medicines to help improve medication safety. The goal is to build a cross-sector system of best practices (including the best way to communicate liquid dosing). To ensure community pharmacies are represented in this work, the CPPSG has helped to create a survey for community pharmacy staff involved in dispensing oral liquid medicines. This survey can be found here.
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Important Training Dates |
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CPE has a checklist of important dates for community pharmacies regarding services and requirements which has been updated to include important dates for 2025.
Check out our website for details of forthcoming training events, please see below reminder of two important training sessions taking place soon:
CPPE Contraception Training Event
Training is taking place in Exeter on Sunday 9th February 2025, at the Devon Hotel, Matford, Exeter starting at 9.30 am for tea and coffee, workshop starts at 10.00 am. Also an evening event on March 25th 2025 at Boringdon Park. Food available from 6.30 pm, workshop starts at 7.00 pm.
The aim of the workshop is to support you in shared decision making with people who are starting, restarting or changing contraception within the NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service (PCS). The learning contains information on how to reach a shared decision on an appropriate formulation of contraception provided with the person using this service.
Scenarios based on those encountered in practice enable community pharmacy professionals to gain experience in the communication skills that they need to initiate contraception, within a safe learning environment. This event is aimed at (but not exclusive to) those not yet registered to provide the NHS Contraception service and locums. Register for a place here.
Cliniskills ENT practical skills training to support you with Pharmacy First consultations.
Sunday 2nd March 2025, Exeter Court Hotel. Choice of two-hour workshops, 10.00 am - 12.00 noon, or 1.00 pm - 3.00 pm. Check out the details on our website. Free to pharmacists working in community pharmacies in Devon.
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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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