Thursday 30th April 2026

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.

View the latest edition of the Deadline Tracker here.

NHS England is now offering fully funded independent prescribing courses for pharmacists from all sectors, including community, locum, general practice, health and justice, and hospital settings. Courses are available at universities across England, with multiple start dates up to March 2027.

This training will support new models of care, enabling pharmacists to offer clinical services from diagnosis to prescribing, patient advice, and follow-up, as pharmacy services expand within clinical pathways.

Find more information including eligibility criteria, how to apply and to view the list of approved providers.

The Community Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship Programme (CPTAP) Application of Funding (AoF) window is still open.

The application window is from Monday 27 April 2026, 9am until Monday 18 May 2026, at midday.

Application of Funding (AoF) requests for the South West region, must be submitted using the South West regional online application form: South West Community Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship Programme Regional Online Application Form.

If you were unable to attend a national stakeholder engagement session, you can access a recording along with the transcript and links to resources referred to on the SWAY page.

Regional stakeholder engagement sessions are being held to provide further information. Use the link below to register for your preferred date. You only need to attend one session.

• Tuesday 5 May, 12:30pm to 1:30pm – Register here

• Thursday 7 May, 7:30pm to 8:30pm – register here

Under the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013, all pharmacy contractors are required to submit annual complaints report to the local Commissioning Team as soon as reasonably practicable after 31 March, marking the end of the reporting year.

We will be coming out to contractors shortly and we will share a CPE template that can be used to send in your annual complaints return 5

You may also use your own template, provided it includes all required information listed below.

Your annual report must include:

• The number of complaints received during the reporting period

• The number of complaints determined to be well‑founded

• The number of complaints referred to the Health Service Commissioner under the 1993 Act

Your annual report must also summarise:

• The subject matter of the complaints received

• Any matters of general importance arising from those complaints or from the way they were handled

• Any actions taken or planned to improve services as a result of the complaints

The annual report for the period 01 April

...Pharmacy contractors in Devon were eligible for a further £2765 in funding for January that was left unclaimed because they didn't claim for their Discharge Medicines service...?

Please ensure you log in to your Pharmoutcomes to verify that all completed work has been logged to avoid missing out on payment for work carried out.

Community Pharmacy Devon have secured another year of funding for our community pharmacy PCN leads. This will help continue to strengthen the relationships locally to support general practice to continue to have the awareness of the great work that community pharmacy delivers.

Here is a list of all the Community Pharmacy PCN leads.

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