Nottinghamshire Local Pharmaceutical Committee

11/09/2026

𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗕 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗕𝗖 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀

Huge thanks to Imran Mohammed and the team at Orchard Pharmacy in Mansfield for helping us and NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board highlight the importance of students getting the MenB vaccine and raising the profile of the community pharmacy vaccination service to people across the East Midlands.

Here's a sneak preview of Imran being interviewed for a news story that will air on BBC East Midlands News this evening - tune in 6.30pm to see the full piece. Incidentally, Imran had just 'jabbed' the pharmacy's 87th MenB patient shortly before the media team turned up to film!

10/09/2026

𝗡𝗛𝗦 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀

Today, DHSC and NHS England have formally announced the final choice of the five new prescribing clinical pathways which will be added to the Pharmacy First service this autumn. They are:

✅ Acute otitis externa – for adults aged 18 years and over
✅ Seasonal allergic rhinitis – for children aged 4-11 years
✅ Mild to moderate acne – for young people
✅ Migraine – low frequency, episodic, adults aged 18-64 years
✅ Mild skin and soft tissue infections and scabies

The service pathways and launch are still being worked on by NHSE so public expectation could be that theses pathways are up and running. Advice to pharmacies is to communicate your intentions to local practices to manage expectations and potential demand.

You can read more about the announcement here ⬇️

🔗 https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/nhs-england-announce-the-new-pharmacy-first-prescribing-pathways/

In a media release issued today, DHSC and NHS England have formally announced the final choice of the five new prescribing clinical pathways which will be added to the Pharmacy First service this autumn. They are: Acute otitis externa – for adults aged 18 years and over Seasonal allergic rhi

09/09/2026

As '𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀! 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲' continues, want to highlight the importance of the Community Pharmacy Hypertension Case-Finding Service in identifying those with high blood pressure and preventing serious conditions such as stroke, heart disease and kidney disease.

Committee member and superintendent pharmacist for Vantage Pharmacy, Nishant Patel, is working hard to tackle hypertension in his local community.

Explains Nishant: “Often described as a ‘silent killer’, hypertension affects an estimated 32% of adults. As the condition rarely has any symptoms, approximately 3 in 10 of these adults remain undiagnosed.

“My pharmacy team and I have provided the Hypertension Case-Finding Service to our patients for over a year and it’s been extremely well received by those living and working in our community.

“We identify hypertension cases on a weekly basis and that means more and more people can get the treatment they need to manage the condition. Here’s one recent story from a man who was very impressed with the service.”

"𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘵 𝘝𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘉𝘗𝘔 (𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳) 𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺.

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘉𝘗𝘔 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 1 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 — 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘎𝘗, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

“𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺'𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩, 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩."

07/09/2026

'𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀! 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲' 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼!

Organised by the charity Blood Pressure UK, 'Know Your Numbers! Week focuses on raising awareness of hypertension and working collaboratively to find those people in our communities who have undiagnosed hypertension. And we were delighted to welcome its CEO Phil Pyatt recently to take part in an episode of - listen here: 🔗 https://youtu.be/uGf9UJvFUjY

We all know that community pharmacy plays a very important role in helping to identify those individuals via the Hypertension Case-Finding Service and consequent ABPMs. High blood pressure can lead to stroke, heart disease and kidney disease so it's vital we continue our work to discover those affected and prevent these conditions ever occurring.

This year's campaign is entitled: 'You Know Your Age, Do You Know Your Numbers?' There are lots of free assets available to highlight Know Your Numbers! this week and beyond and encourage your customers to have their blood pressure checked if they are eligible

You can download the assets here ⬇️
🔗 https://www.bloodpressureuk.org/know-your-numbers/know-your-numbers-week/

02/09/2026

𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗭𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗮 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗙𝗹𝘂 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲)

If you and your pharmacy team have signed up to deliver the 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗩𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 this autumn and winter, this training webinar event from AstraZeneca is for you.

Full information about the online event can be found on the registration page via the link below.

Dates: 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟮:𝟯𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟯:𝟯𝟬 𝗕𝗦𝗧 and 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟴:𝟬𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟵:𝟬𝟬 𝗕𝗦𝗧
Registration link: https://webapp.spotme.com/login/eventspace/pharmacy-flu-masterclass-2026

01/09/2026

𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀! 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

Blood Pressure UK's Know Your Numbers! Week starts on Monday 7th September with this year's campaign asking: You Know Your Age, Do You Know Your Numbers?

Our services implementation lead, Mike Jones and marketing consultant, Kirsten Atkinson, caught up with Phil Pyatt, CEO of Blood Pressure UK last week to find out more about the campaign and underline the continued importance of community pharmacy in helping to identify those 6 million people currently living with undiagnosed hypertension in the UK.

You can listen to the podcast here:
🔗 Youtube - https://youtu.be/uGf9UJvFUjY

🔗 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/2SD2mDxNvczf6p2SiXi0E5?si=ygBuzTa0QXKqeU-REQSDOg

26/08/2026

🔉𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗡 🔉 𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲: 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀

Our service implementation lead, Mike Jones, has recorded a short video to highlight the key changes to the Hypertension Case Finding Service and share some of his top tips for success when the changes come into effect next 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿.

Please take five minutes out to listen to Mike's summary and read the new service spec as a priority if you haven't already done so. If you have any questions, please drop Mike an email: [email protected] and he'll be happy to assist.

You can read the service spec and other really useful information from Community Pharmacy England on HCFS here ⬇️
🔗 https://cpe.org.uk/national-pharmacy-services/advanced-services/hypertension-case-finding-service/

25/08/2026

𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗙𝗹𝘂 𝗩𝗮𝗰 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲

To receive supplies of childhood flu vaccines ahead of the 1st October 2026 service commencement date, you must have registered to provide the Childhood Flu Vaccination Service via MYS by 𝟭𝟭.𝟱𝟵𝗽𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝟯𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

You must use the NHS Business Services Authority’s Manage Your Service (MYS) portal to register to provide the 2026/27 Childhood Flu Vaccination.

If you provided the Childhood Flu Vaccination Service in 2025/26, you are required to re-register if they intend to provide the service in 2026/27.

Pharmacy owners can register after 31st August 2026, however, it is not guaranteed you will receive childhood flu vaccine in time for the Childhood Flu Vaccination Service commencement date.

The final deadline to register to provide the Childhood Flu Vaccination Service in 2026/27 is 11.59pm on 30th November 2026.

Read more about the Childhood Flu Vac Service here ⬇️
🔗 https://cpe.org.uk/national-pharmacy-services/advanced-services/childhood-flu-vaccination-service/

24/08/2026

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗣𝗘 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

The Pharmacy Show Show is just around the corner, and Community Pharmacy England will once again be present to speak with pharmacy owners.

CPE's CEO Janet Morrison OBE and the policy team will be discussing key issues for community pharmacy with sessions on margins, emergency contraception, Hub & Spoke and neighbourhood health. The team will also be on hand to answer questions and explain more about their work throughout the Show at exhibition stand .

Hearing from pharmacy owners is central to CPE's work, so if you're heading to the Show on 11th and 12th October, please take some time to pop by for a chat.

21/08/2026

Our services implementation lead, Mike Jones, and communications consultant Kirsten Atkinson, were delighted to chat with Louise Starr, System Integration Lead- East Midlands - Nottinghamshire Integrated Wellbeing Service about Your Health Nottinghamshire (ABL Health) recently.

Louise shared details of the fantastic offering from Your Health Nottinghamshire with a view to encouraging community pharmacies across the region to refer people into the service if pharmacy teams think a patient may benefit.

You can listen to the 10-minute podcast here ⬇️
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjyHHBm2uYU
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6zuItfFWGLqRzxV0WV3u7h?si=sGpR95YLS5u_8tgDUyfkuQ&nd=1&dlsi=1d86d81c39a54a91

Mike Jones, Services Implementation Lead for Community Pharmacy Not...