Community Pharmacy Devon Weekly Dose đź’Š
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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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đź“ť Consultation Structure and Note Taking Training Event
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Providing Pharmacy First Services (minor illness, contraception and hypertension) and want to make sure your consultation notes are up to standard to be included in a patient’s primary care health record? Want to develop your consultation skills to ensure you deliver structured pharmacy first interventions and get the history from patients you need? Then our upcoming Community Pharmacy Devon training evening is for you!
Date: Wednesday 29th April 2026
Please share this information with your pharmacy team.
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EPS Nominations – Respecting Patient Choice
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There has recently been a spate of complaints about EPS nominations. We’d like to remind all pharmacy teams that it is essential that EPS nominations always reflect the patient’s informed choice, and changes are made only at the patient’s explicit request. Please read the recent letter from the pharmacy team at the SW Collaborative Commissioning Hub with links to CPE guidance.
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Update: Minor Ailment Scheme and Hydrocortisone 1% PGD
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Devon ICB has recently reviewed and updated the Minor Ailment Scheme and the associated PGD for the administration/supply of hydrocortisone 1% cream or ointment. You can view the PGD here.
Please ensure that all relevant documentation within your pharmacy is updated accordingly, and that the PGD has been signed by the responsible pharmacist.
All pharmacies may continue to sign up to, and claim for, this service via the PharmOutcomes platform.
If you have any further queries, please contact devon.primarycare@nhs.net.
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NHS BSA Quarterly E-bulletin
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Following the success of our recent prescriptions training event run by NHSBSA, we thought it would be useful to share a Hints and Tips quarterly e-bulletin featuring information, support and best practice guidance for pharmacy contractors, dispensing doctors, prescribing-only GPs, and appliance contractors produced by the NHSBSA.
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Southwest Trainee Pharmacists Monthly Update
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Please click here to view the new monthly bulletin from Southwest Trainee Pharmacists for April 2026. This bulletin includes essential dates for trainees, details of upcoming supervisor sessions, and other important updates concerning the 2025/26 cohort of trainee pharmacists.
A new edition will be released at the start of each month, and we encourage you to share it with your networks to reach those who may find it useful.
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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 ÂŁ25!
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COMMUNITY PHARMACY DEVON SECRETARIAT TEAM
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