This webpage is for Community Pharmacists and their teams based in Cornwall & Isles of Scilly, Devon, Bristol, Dorset, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

All public and patient enquiries, complaints and Freedom of Information Act requests should be directed to england.contactus@nhs.net or telephone 0300 311 22 33.

If you are from a Community Pharmacy in Cornwall & Isles of Scilly, Devon, Bristol, Dorset, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire and have a query, please contact us as follows:

england.pharmacysouthwest@nhs.net

Changes to core or supplementary hours

Please complete the relevant form if your pharmacy wishes to change their hours:

• Template change of core opening hours
• Template changes to supplementary opening hours

Unplanned closures

• Unplanned closures policy

Unplanned closures forms (please note two forms to complete)

In the event of an unplanned closure, all contractors should immediately complete the ‘reporting an unplanned closure’ service form.  This form can be found on PharmOutcomes under the ‘services’ tab and then under ‘reporting an unplanned closure’.

Once full pharmaceutical services have resumed the ‘pharmacy reopening’ service form should be completed.

As a temporary measure to ensure effective reporting of unplanned closures by pharmacy contractors to NHS England, we have reinstated the paper unplanned closure reporting template to our website. Where able, all contractors should make every effort to report any unplanned closure and subsequent re-opening via PharmOutcomes, therefore the paper template should only be used in the absence of access to the PharmOutcomes system.

Winter Planning

Met Office weather warnings for the South West are available here.

If your pharmacy experiences or is likely to experience any service disruption due to the weather please notify NHS England as follows:

•  Actual or forthcoming pharmacy closures should be logged through the ‘Reporting an unplanned closure’ on PharmOutcomes (located under Services, and the subheading Unplanned Closures) – re-openings should similarly be reported using the ‘Reopening’ service on PharmOutcomes
•  Otherwise by email to england.pharmacysouthwest@nhs.net – this email account is continuously monitored between 08:30 – 17:30 Monday to Friday.

Guidance resources

Forged prescription guidance

• Forged prescriptions guidance (October 2018)

Medicines Shortages

• A Guide to Managing Medicines Supply and Shortages (November 2019)
• Guidance for dispensing contractors (June 2018)

Specialist Medicines Service 2018-2021

• Specialist meds drug list 2020-2021
• Specialist meds pharmacies 20-21

Links to the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessments (PNAs)

• Bristol PNA
• Cornwall PNA
• Devon, Plymouth and South Devon & Torbay PNA’s
• Dorset PNA
• North Somerset PNA
• Somerset PNA
• South Gloucestershire PNA

Links to Local Pharmaceutical Committees (LPC)

• Devon LPC
• Cornwall LPC 
• Avon LPC
• Somerset LPC
• Dorset LPC

Medicines Use Review (MUR)

• Medicines Use Review (MUR) guidance

Please use the correct form for your request:

• Form PREM1 MUR premises self-certification form
• Form PREM2A – Off premises at alternative premises
• Form PREM2B – Off premises for particular patient
• Form PREM2C – Off premises for category of patients
• Form PREM2D SWEST – Telephone MUR
• Form PREM2D SWEST – Hospital to Home

Significant Incident reporting

• Incident report form – form to be used by all pharmacies in the South West when reporting an incident.

Serious difficulty and Dispensing by Doctors Application

• Serious difficulty application form – South West
• Dispensing by doctors application form

100 hour pharmacies form

• 100P form

Further details and opening times of pharmacies are available on the NHS website.