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Community Pharmacy Devon Weekly Dose |
Thursday 6th March 2025 |
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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. |
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Cliniskills ENT Hands-on Workshop |
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Over 40 pharmacists gave up a gorgeous Spring Sunday morning to participate in a hands-on practical training session delivered by Cliniskills and commissioned by Community Pharmacy Devon. The participants were able to conduct plenty of ‘hands on’ examination services focusing on ears and refreshing their clinical knowledge to supporting their patients presenting with common conditions in the pharmacy. |
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Virtual Outcomes Free* Online Training - Skin Rashes in Children part 1 |
This FREE* Virtual Outcomes ONLINE training workshop will answer all these questions and more and ensure that you are up-to-date with everything you need to know about chicken pox and HFMD in children.
A reminder for all Devon pharmacists to take advantage of the extensive selection of FREE* courses available through Virtual Outcomes. We've noticed a downturn in usage of this free resource so please do keep in mind it is a convenient way for the whole pharmacy team to keep on top of the latest training! You can access this course and more here.
*For all Devon pharmacists and their teams |
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CPPE Contraception Workshop - 25th March, Boringdon Hall, Plymouth |
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Book now! Very limited places left!
This CPPE Contraception Workshop is facilitated by Sian Retallick with guest speaker George Wickham. It will be held at Boringdon Hall Hotel on the 25th March 2025. A hot food buffet will be provided from 6.30pm for a start time of 7pm. Book via the CPPE website – Keyword required – Plymouth 2025.
By 31st March 2025, community pharmacies must provide the Pharmacy First, Pharmacy Contraception Service, and Hypertension Case-Finding Service as a bundle to qualify for the monthly £1,000 Pharmacy First payment. This workshop is designed to support you in shared decision-making with individuals who are starting, restarting, or changing contraception within the NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service (PCS). Learn how to reach a shared decision on the most appropriate form of contraception, tailored to each person’s needs.
Why Attend?
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National No Smoking Day - 12th March 2025 |
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No Smoking Day will take place on Wednesday, 12 March. This day presents a fantastic opportunity to encourage smokers to make a quit attempt and to signpost them to the support available.
The campaign theme for 2025 is ‘Take back your life this No Smoking Day’. The campaign is designed to be supportive and aims to communicate messages of hope and optimism, focusing on the real-life benefits people experience when they quit smoking for good.
To help you raise awareness of No Smoking Day, there are a range of resources that are now available for download. These include:
You can access these resources on the Campaign Resource Centre.
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The Perceptions of Community Pharmacy Team Members in the Provision of Care to Cancer Patients: a Multi-National Study |
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Jackie Lewis, who many of you will know is a pharmacy owner in Exmouth with a special interest in cancer care and oncology, is running a survey for the whole pharmacy team to determine what training you would like to help with cancer care in your pharmacies. She has said that would be much appreciated if you could please take a few minutes to share your thoughts by clicking here. |
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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 COMMITTEE |
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