Nottinghamshire Local Pharmaceutical Committee

19/06/2026

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗙𝗹𝘂 𝗩𝗮𝗰 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿

Community Pharmacy England has agreed to an extension of the pilot flu vaccination service for children aged 2-3 years, with an increase in the fee. The service will also be expanded to include opportunistic vaccination of two additional groups:

✅ Clinically at-risk children aged 2 years to less than 18 years; and
✅ Catch up vaccinations of school aged children (Reception to Year 11).

𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀
The service will commence from 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. Pharmacy owners who choose to provide the service can commence provision in line with the timings outlined below.

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲
From 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 2026
𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁
Children aged 2- and 3-year-olds; and
Clinically at-risk children aged 2 years to less than 18 years

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲
From 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 2026
𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁
Catch up vaccinations of school aged children (Reception to Year 11)

The commissioning of the service is seeking to increase uptake of the vaccine in children and further builds on the provision of the service to 2- and 3-year-olds by over 4,000 community pharmacies in the 2025/26 flu season.

𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴
Pharmacy owners will be paid an increased fee of £10.06 for each vaccination administered (last year the fee was £9.58). This aligns the fee with that paid for vaccination of adults and with the fee offered to general practice for the flu vaccination of children.

The service is funded from NHS vaccination budgets, not from the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework contractual sum.

You can learn more about the service here ⬇️
🔗 https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/expanded-childrens-flu-vac-advanced-service-to-be-launched-in-october/

18/06/2026

𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗹𝘂 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳

If you are delivering a flu vaccination service this year in your pharmacy, please take a few minutes to read the annual flu letter which describes the national flu immunisation programme and outlines which groups are eligible for flu vaccination.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-flu-immunisation-programme-plan-2026-to-2027

16/06/2026

Our intrepid chair, Robert Severn, represented Community Pharmacy Nottinghamshire at Community Pharmacy England's Forum of LPC Chairs at Portcullis House in London yesterday.

Here's what he had to say about the event:
"After receiving a warm welcome from host, Sadik Al-Hassan MP, we listened to a keynote speech address from Health Minister Stephen Kinnock. During the afternoon we had a reception focusing in neighbourhood and it was great to see Lilian Greenwood MP there following our letter to her explaining the importance of community pharmacy.

"We spoke at length about how LPCs are an important bridge between national and local pharmacy contractors. We also discussed and shared ideas around how we can work with ICBs to influence local systems to use community pharmacy within neighbourhood health working.

"Always a real pleasure to catch up with fellow LPC chairs and industry peers - thank you for a great day!"

12/06/2026

Great to see so many of you take part in Community Pharmacy England's Regional East & North Midlands Workshop on Wednesday evening - thank you all for coming and making the event a success.

We know that our committee members and leadership team including Nick Hunter and Robert Severn had many informative and very useful discussions with industry peers from across the region. And, as always, there were some insightful presentations from the wider CPE team including Professor Dame Jenny Harries, Janet Morrison OBE and James Wood.

10/06/2026

𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟮𝟳 𝗖𝗣𝗖𝗙 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

Community Pharmacy England’s webinar on the new funding settlement is now available to watch on-demand.

You can watch the webinar using the link below ⬇️

🔗 https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/webinar-recording-2026-27-cpcf-settlement/

The representative body for all community pharmacy owners in England

09/06/2026

Our chief officer, Nick Hunter, is at the Nottinghamshire Alliance Training Hub Primary Conference today.

Next up is Dr Nicole Atkinson, chief exec of Nottingham CityCare Partnership, who will be covering neighbourhood working.

We'll report back on the key take-outs from the conference soon!

04/06/2026

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲: 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀

𝗦𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟮/𝟯 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
Once you have completed the intervention part of the service, you could then use your existing pharmacy system to set up a follow up consultation for 14-21 days later and send a text message a few days before to remind the patient that you are going to ring them and explain that it may be a withheld number.

𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗠𝗦 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
If GP surgeries are switching medication brands, then generally this would not count towards an NMS because part of the essential services advice that should be being provided. However, if the switch involves changing the inhaler type and the device is significantly different then this could be eligible for a NMS consultation because would require more detailed explanation and demonstration.

𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀 (𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄)
Your pharmacy should have received some Talking Therapies assets in the mail that describe the full service offering, contact details and leaflets that can be handed to those patients you feel may be in need of further help and support with their mental health.

Please could you let Alison Ellis know if you have received these in pharmacy. Also if you require more of those assets then please contact [email protected] at the LPC office and she will send out more assets by post.

03/06/2026

Thanks James for supporting our sector

03/06/2026

𝗖𝗣𝗘 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽, 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 - 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬

Community Pharmacy England are holding a workshop in East and North Midlands on 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟳.𝟬𝟬 - 𝟵.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺.

This face-to-face event will enable pharmacy owners and their representatives to discuss the next steps for community pharmacy with CPE, hear more about the outcome of the CPCF negotiations for 2026/27 and feed directly into CPE's priorities for the 2027/28 CPCF negotiations and beyond.

Lindsey Fairbrother, the representative of independent pharmacy owners for the region, and other members of the Community Pharmacy England Committee, as well as some of the Executive Team will also be in attendance, plus representatives from your LPC. An agenda and topics for discussion will be published nearer the time, and CPE will seek your views before the event, to reflect the issues, challenges and opportunities most relevant to your community.

Find out more details and register your interest using this link ⬇️

🔗 https://cpe.org.uk/our-events/regional-workshop-east-and-north-midlands-wednesday-10th-june/

As part of our commitment to engaging with the sector, Community Pharmacy England will be holding a workshop in East and North Midlands. This face-to-face event will enable pharmacy owners and team members  to discuss the next steps for community pharmacy with us, hearing more ...

02/06/2026

‼️ 𝗔 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘆 ‼️

There is around £75,000 of NHS service opportunity per month that Nottingham and Nottinghamshire pharmacy owners are missing out on. And that is just in threshold payments - if you add on the service fees as well this increases to at least £85k per month or ONE MILLION POUNDS for a year.

How can any pharmacy afford to be missing out on that ? Please make sure you are achieving threshold and claiming for the threshold payment before the monthly deadline.