Thursday 24th July 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.

Hurry and book your place for the Community Pharmacy Devon Conference, places are filling fast!

Gain valuable insights into the evolving landscape of the NHS and what these changes mean for community pharmacy. Enjoy engaging presentations from NHS teams who will share tips and guidance on how to maximise service delivery to drive business success, and celebrate excellence at our awards ceremony. It’s a perfect opportunity to expand your knowledge and empower your pharmacy for the future.

There will be a few breakout sessions throughout the day giving you the option to choose which ones to attend. These sessions will be categorised under three separate headings: Change Management, Clinical and Resilience. If you choose to attend a Resilience session we have guest speakers giving talks on pharmacy systems, NHS app, role of AI, IT digital, reviewing processes, improving operational efficiencies and the new ways of working for the pharmacy workforce.

You can book your place here.

Please see updated urgent medicines service specification and list of providers on our website.

Devon Sexual Health to lead local GP and Pharmacy services from October 2025

Devon and Torbay Public Health teams are pleased to announce that from 1st October 2025, the responsibility for commissioning, paying, and supporting General Practice and community pharmacy to deliver sexual and reproductive health services is being transferred to Devon Sexual Health.  Devon Sexual Health – www.devonsexualhealth.nhs.uk

This positive development has been widely welcomed and follows a successful procurement process which ran in 2024/2025.

Devon Sexual Health will continue to deliver specialist services and will further develop their role as local system leaders, bringing community based VCSE and Primary Care services together. This will continue to be done in partnership with Devon and Torbay Public Health teams.

This marks a significant step forward in enhancing community-based care. The transition means that clinicians from Devon Sexual Health will now be directly supporting and commissioning local services, helping to ensure that sexual and reproductive health provision is more accessible and responsive to the needs of our diverse populations.

Devon and Torbay Public Health teams look forward to the continued collaboration between GPs, pharmacists, voluntary and community-based organisations, and Devon Sexual Health in delivering high-quality, strong, and inclusive care across the region.

For further details, please contact: rduh.comms@nhs.net.

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