NHS South Yorkshire has commissioned a number of pharmacies across Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield to retain and provide oral COVID-19 medication.
You will find below latest information for COVID-19 medicines supply services:
All community pharmacies in South Yorkshire Providing the NHS SY ICB Covid Medicines Supply Service can be accessed by clicking here
Training Requirements:
Pharmacy staff providing this service must watch the ICB training video: SY ICB Covid Medicines Supply Training Video
Training video powerpoint slides:
Community Pharmacy Covid Medicines Supply Service Training June 2023 FINAL.pptx
Pharmacists providing the service may also wish to complete the e-learning module on community-based COVID treatments is available on: https://learninghub.nhs.uk/catalogue/Covidantiviraltreatment.
- NICE Technology appraisal guidance [TA878]. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/TA878
- NICE COVID-19 Rapid Guideline: Managing COVID-19 https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng191
- COVID -19 Community Based Treatments https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/
- The Liverpool interaction checker: Liverpool COVID-19 Interactions (covid19-druginteractions.org)
- The Summary of Product Characteristics: Home - electronic medicines compendium (emc)
- Here you can access the Paxlovid counselling checklist
- Here you can access the Molnupiravir (Lagevrio®) Counselling Points/checklist
- Letter to All Community Pharmacies - Update on Community Covid Medicines Supply - August 23
- Letter to Community Pharmacies Providing Covid Medicines Service - Update on the prescribing element of the pathway - August 23
- Template Standard Operating Procedure for Supply of Paxlovid or Lagevrio
Contact Information
For further information/queries about the service please contact: Claire Thomas, Community Pharmacy Clinical Lead for NHS South Yorkshire: claire.thomas47@nhs.net
