Community Pharmacy

Here you will find useful advice and information in relation to the NHS blood pressure checks.  Please click on the following links:

A multi-professional steering group was established to support the implementation and delivery of the advanced community pharmacy BP check (hypertension case finding) service and has produced a number of resources to support pharmacies and practices in SY to maximise the potential of this service for their patients.

Protocol for patients requiring escalation:
All practices and pharmacies are encouraged to adopt this protocol which has been approved by the SY Primary Care Provider Alliance

Top Tips for service implementation and delivery for Pharmacies:
This guide is to help support pharmacy teams and contractors to maximise the potential for hypertension case finding and diagnosis via the national NHS Community Pharmacy BP Check Service.  Please click here.

Top Tips for PCNs and practices for maximising the opportunity for utilising additional capacity within community pharmacy for providing BP and ABPM checks:
This guide is to help support general practice teams and Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to maximise the potential for utilising additional capacity within community pharmacy for providing BP and ABPM checks via the national NHS Community Pharmacy BP Check Service. Please click here.

Patient blood pressure check leaflets are available in different languages which be accessed via the following links:

NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - Arabic
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - Bangali
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - Chinese (Mandarin)
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - English
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - Farsi
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - French
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - Gujarati
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - Kurdish (Sorani)
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - Latvian
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - Lithuanian
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - Panjabi
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - Pashto
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - Polish
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - Portuguese
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - Romanian
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - Russian
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - Slovac
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - Spanish
NHS blood pressure checks at pharmacies - Urdu

National Resources
For national resources to support delivery of this service please visit: Hypertension case-finding service - Community Pharmacy England (cpe.org.uk)

Newsletters
Community Pharmacy Blood Pressure Check Service Newsletter - July 2023

The NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS)  referral tool kit can be accessed by clicking here.

NHS South Yorkshire ICB has recently established a Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) Steering Group to support the delivery of good quality access to CPCS through increasing and optimising capacity, addressing variation and spreading good practice.

Please see below the first in a series of CPCS newsletters, which includes key contacts for obtaining additional support, to help pharmacies and practices optimise the use of this service.

Community Pharmacy Newsletter May 2023

Community Pharmacy Newsletter June 2023

Community Pharmacy Newsletter July 2023

Community Pharmacy Newsletter August 2023

Community Pharmacy Newsletter September 2023

All four South Yorkshire Acute Inpatient Trusts will be going live with referrals to community pharmacies for the advanced Smoking Cessation Service on 3^rd July 2023.

If your pharmacy is signed up to provide this service please make sure your team is ready by:

• watching the recording of the SCS awareness event (if you did not attend the event) here
• reading the Community Pharmacy Smoking Cessation Service slides here
• working through the Contractor Checklist.

There are also additional resources provided by Community Pharmacy England (formerly PSNC): Smoking Cessation Service (SCS) - Community Pharmacy England (cpe.org.uk)

Listen to the SY ICB Discharge Medicines Service Podcast here.

The NHS Discharge Medicines Service is an essential service for all community pharmacy contractors. The service is a significant contributor to the safety of patients at transitions of care, by reducing readmissions to hospital.

 As an essential service, all community pharmacy owners have to provide the service and ensure relevant staff, including pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, who will be involved in providing the service, have the necessary knowledge and competence to undertake it safely.

For resources including the service specification and links to relevant training please visit the Community Pharmacy England website:

Discharge Medicines Service - Community Pharmacy England (cpe.org.uk)

Resources in development

Resources in development

Care Identity Service (CIS)
When a NHS Smartcard is locked or a is PIN forgotten, the card can be unlocked and the PIN can be reset, without having to visit an RA or sponsor by using the Self service – registration and unlock process guide.