Thursday 24th April 2025   

Welcome to your weekly injection of local and national pharmacy news. As always, if you have any feedback or comments, please contact us by email at admin@cpdevon.org.uk.

Following consultation and negotiations with Community Pharmacy Devon, we are pleased to report that we are uplifting the fees Public Health Plymouth pay for services undertaken under the Pharmacy Locally Enhanced Services Contract by 5.7% as per the table below.

The changes will apply for all claims from Q1 2025-26 onwards, i.e. from April 1st 2025.

We will update PharmOutcomes with these changes.

Please note these changes only apply to Plymouth pharmacies currently.

As we move into the warmer months, I wanted to just send a message to say the secretariat team are available in the office should you require any support at all.

I really wanted to bring to your attention that with the recent burst pipe situation affecting both Plymouth and Torbay residents' water supplies, now would be a really good time to refresh and review your Business Continuity Plans. While you can't possibly detail every eventuality that may occur, it is good practice to have a plan in place that you can enact in the event of any issues.

The secretariat team have produced promotional material to help ensure that holiday makers to the area are aware of the services that you all offer and will be working hard over the coming weeks and months to highlight the changes to the national contract. Please ensure that Sue Taylor is marked as a safe sender to ensure that you receive the most accurate and up-to-date information via the weekly dose. This will always be sent to you on a Thursday.

Rachel Fergie

Community Pharmacies are encouraged to provided people who inject drugs with the number of kits they request. The service has no limit to the number of kits that the pharmacy is able to provide to any one client. Should excessive or extreme numbers of equipment be requested, it is appropriate to ask for clarity on the purpose of gathering excessive numbers of kits and encourage individuals to return equipment in the sharp’s bins issued as part of the single use kit provided.

Well Pharmacy in Stoke, Plymouth, has been honoured for its hard work in serving the local community by being named Pharmacy of the Year at an annual awards run by Bestway Healthcare, owners of Well pharmacy. The prestigious awards are open to all Well Pharmacy staff across the country.

The Stoke Surgery team, who work closely with Well Pharmacy, said the award was "truly deserved" and offered their congratulations to the pharmacy adding "Well done Rahul, Kelly and the rest of the team at the pharmacy who have turned things around. We're very lucky to work with you!"

Huge congratulations to all the team at Well Pharmacy in Stoke!

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!

Click the name you need to email them directly: