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Community Pharmacy Devon Weekly Dose 💊 |
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Thursday 23rd April 2026 |
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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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❗Upcoming Training |
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Online Clinical Note Writing Event - 29th April, online Providing pharmacy first services and want to make sure your consultation notes are up to the required 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 this training event is for you. It will cover:
Book a place here. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mental Health NMS Update Event Providing the New Medicines Service and want a clinical update (and fantastic CPD) for the new, expanded ‘depression’ arm of the service? Then look no further than our Mental Health NMS Update event in Plymouth on 20th May 2026. The event will include a service update by Tom Kallis, case discussions of Community Pharmacy mental health scenarios and a clinical update by Chris Todd, lead pharmacist at Devon Partnership Trust. Book a place here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contraception and Sexual Health Update Event This is an update for Registered Community Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians in Devon providing EHC and oral contraception. The event will cover Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC), chlamydia screening, progesterone only pill (POP), combined pill (COC) and a "Talking With Young People" training session for pharmacists. Book a place here.
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Community Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship Programme 2026 |
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Applications for the Community Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship Programme 2026 will open between 27 April – 18 May. The programme supports pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians to be employed and complete their full 24-month apprenticeship training within a community pharmacy setting. Upon completion of training and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council, pharmacy technicians will be able to support community pharmacy to utilise the expertise and knowledge of registered professionals as part of community pharmacy services and the wider healthcare reform. If not already attended, pharmacy contractors can join a national stakeholder engagement webinar to find out more, taking place at 8 - 8.30pm on 23 April. A number of events are also being run regionally; contractors should contact their regional teams for more information. |
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Pharmacy owners with more than one premises: Do you know your NHS POC code? |
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The NHS Parent Organisation Code (POC) helps ensure NHS records about your pharmacy business are accurate and consistent. Pharmacy owners with multiple premises are encouraged to verify that all sites are correctly linked to their POC to support reliable reporting to the NHS.
**Also please note that the deadline to complete the data security and protection toolkit (DSPTK) is the 30th June. This is a mandatory requirement for all pharmacy owners** |
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CPPE Devon and Cornwall Menopause Training |
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Do you currently provide advice on Menopause? Interested in improving your skills, knowledge and confidence? If so, this workshop is for you!
Providing an opportunity to network and learn together whilst navigating a Menopause consultation focusing on “working in the grey.” This workshop is free and designed to support the development of both pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working in all areas of practice.
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Positive News Stories |
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A message from Amy Griffiths, Community Pharmacy PCN Engagement Lead, NHS Devon ICB
A huge thank you to our community pharmacies, Community Pharmacy Devon, and the Comms team for all their efforts in exceeding our ambition to increase clinical service consultations by 40%. Pharmacies delivered 231,123 consultations in 2025/26, achieving a 47% increase on 2024/25.
Contraception services saw the biggest growth, with a remarkable 154% increase, followed by clinical pathway consultations at 25%. We recognise that previous success in hypertension case‑finding means sustaining further growth will continue to be a challenge, but we have every confidence in the capability and commitment of our pharmacy teams.
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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 SECRETARIAT TEAM |
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