South West (South) Community Pharmacy information
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:
Unplanned closures
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
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)
Medicines Use Review (MUR)
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
100 hour pharmacies form
Further details and opening times of pharmacies are available on the NHS website.
South West Pharmacy Bulletins
- Pharmacy Bulletin 10-07-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 17-07-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 24-07-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 31-07-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 08-8-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 14-08-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 21-08-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 28-08-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 04-09-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 11-09-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 18-09-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 25-09-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 02-10-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 09-10-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 16-10-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 23-10-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 30-10-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 06-11-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 13-11-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 20-11-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 27-11-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 04-12-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 11-12-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 18-12-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 24-12-2020
- Pharmacy Bulletin 31-12-2020
- Pharmacy bulletin – 05-04-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin – 12-04-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin – 18-04-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin – 26-04-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin – 02-05-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin -10-05-19
- Pharmacy bulletin 17-05-19
- Pharmacy bulletin 23-05-19
- Pharmacy bulletin 31-05-19
- Pharmacy bulletin 07-06-19
- Pharmacy bulletin 13-06-19
- Pharmacy Bulletin 27-06-19
- Pharmacy bulletin 05-07-2019
- Safety bulletin 09-07-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 11-07-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 19-07-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 26-07-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 01-08-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 09-08-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 15-08-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 22-08-2019
- pharmacy bulletin 30-08-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 05-09-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 13-09-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 20-09-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 27-09-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 04-10-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 11-10-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 18-10-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 25-10-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 01-11-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 08-11-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 15-11-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 22-11-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 29-11-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 06-12-2019
- Pharmacy bulletin 13-12-2019