Thursday 4th September 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.

Our first ever Community Pharmacy Devon conference is very nearly here. Have you booked your place yet? If you haven't, here's why you should! ⬇️

✨ What to Expect
• Inspiring speakers from both national and local organisations

• Interactive workshops addressing real-world challenges

Hot topics, including:

• Managing Pharmacy Workload 
• Maximising income from NHS Services 
• The National Picture – NHS 10-Year Plan, neighbourhoods

• Future clinical services 

• The new Bath School of Pharmacy

• Use of AI technology in community pharmacy

• Independent prescribing case studies and pathfinder

• Hypertension; guidelines and meds optimisation

💬 Why You Should Attend
• Reignite your passion for pharmacy 💡
• Gain practical strategies for improving work–life balance 🧘
• Connect with peers, system providers, and universities 🤝
• Enjoy lunch, explore sponsor stands, and catch up with colleagues 🍽️

🏆 Pharmacy Awards Ceremony
Celebrate and recognise the stars of our profession! 🌟

Book your place here.

We are pleased to announce some face-to-face pharmacy training at the North Devon Hub on Wednesday 24th September 2025 between 19:00 and 21:00 in Barnstable.

Delivered by their Director of Pharmacy (Graham Parsons) they will explore the basics of substance use and its treatment and pharmacy provision supported through some case studies.

If you would like to attend this session then please contact Laura MacLean at laura.maclean@waythrough.org.uk.

Please find links below to register for two webinars on pharmacy and genomics-informed medicines optimisation from the NHSE Pharmacy Workforce Group for Genomics. Presenters will include members of the NHS Genomic Medicine Service and NHSE National Genomics Education programme. These webinars are open to all pharmacy professionals providing NHS services; please register using an NHS email address.

The first webinar will be held on Tuesday 9th September, 12:15-13:00 and will provide an introductory overview for all pharmacy professionals on the area of genomics-informed medicines optimisation. Speakers will cover key areas including:

1.         What is genomics?

2.         What are the national priorities for genomics-informed medicines optimisation?

3.         How does genomics affect medicines? (Pharmacogenomics, precision medicines and antimicrobial resistance)

4.         Education opportunities for pharmacy professionals and introduction to the next webinar.

This session will be recorded and it is advised that it is watched as an introduction before the second interactive webinar session in October.

Registration link is here: Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

The second webinar will be held on Wednesday 15th October, at 18:00-19.30 - providing an opportunity to discuss specific cases in breakout rooms. This session will build on the previous webinar and its introduction to areas in genomics-informed medicines optimisation. After a short recap of the previous webinar, participants will have the opportunity to join a breakout room covering a specific topic from one of these areas where they can discuss how genomic testing may influence future practice and consider enablers and barriers to advance their own professional practice and delivery of services to patients. 

Registration link is here: Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

Ready to take the next step in your pharmacy career?

The CPPE Newly qualified pharmacist programme helps you prepare for independent prescribing training.

📝 Reflect on your current skills, identify development needs, and follow a tailored learning plan designed to get you ready to train as an independent prescriber by the end of the 12-month programme.

📅 Applications open on 1 September. The programme starts in November!

👉 Find out more and apply here.

The next EHC training event has been confirmed covering Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC), Chlamydia Screening, Progesterone only pill (POP), Combined pill (COC) and a Talking With Young People Training Session for pharmacists. This will take place on the 16th October in Castle Circus Health Centre, Torbay. For more information, and to book a FREE place, please click here.

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Devon Sexual Health is in the process of finalising specifications for directly contracting with individual community pharmacy contractors to deliver emergency hormonal contraception and chlamydia testing kits. We anticipate these specifications and contracts will be shared with you in the coming weeks, and they look forward to working collaboratively to support access to these important sexual health services.

Discover what happens to your prescriptions once you have submitted them and how accounts are received and prepared for our scanning process. We will then explain prescription processing and include some Hints and Tips on the important subjects before finishing the session with time for any questions you may have for us.

Key learnings

• Discover what happens to your monthly submission and how it is processed.
• Why correct endorsing is important
• Reducing and submitting referred back prescription.
• FP34C: how to access these documents and chase up queries etc

Expert speakers from NHSBSA

Mark Gibbon - Business Engagement Lead

Philip Edwards - Head of Pharmaceutical Services and Principal Pharmacist

Date: 30th September 2025

Time: 19.30

You can book a place here, please note that Non NPA members can register by entering 5x 3s (33333) in the Membership no. column when registering for the event. 

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