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Developing Pharmaceutical
Needs Assessments

This guidance has been developed by NHS Employers in consultation with a range of
stakeholders to support Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in the development of their Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) which will resplace control of entry regulations.
More information is available at www.psnc.org.uk/news.php/350/pharmaceutical_needs_assessment_pna_guidance

For NEL LPC Contractors can see local discussions and submit their views in the Coffee Lounge in the web forums.

Please click on www.nellpc.org.uk/forums
updated 08.06.2010

For World Class Commissioning Competency Assessment of the six PCTs

Please click here for Barking & Dagenham

Please click here for Havering

Please click here for Newham

Please click here for Redbridge

Please click here for Tower Hamlets

Please click here for Waltham Forest



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Secretary's News

News from PSNC

• No change to prescription charges for 2010-2011

Global Sum protection announced.


Pharmaceutical Needs Assessments:
The regulations which introduce the requirement for PCTs to produce and publish Pharmaceutical Needs Assessments came into force on Monday 24 May.
For more information please
click website www.psnc.org.uk updated 28.05.2010

• Category M Price Changes:

The Department of Health has announced the new Category M prices which will apply to prescriptions from April to June 2010.

For more information and to download a copy of the list in full, please click on the link:www.psnc.org.uk

Please go to the Drug Tariff News and download the list(National Contract Funding Section)(updated 05.04.2010

Secretary's News

New Committee Elected for the LPC 2010-2014

Chairman
Shaheen Bhatia, Vice-Chairman
Shiv Bagga, Vice-Chairman
Surinder S. Kalsi, Vice-Chairman
Phillip James, Treasurer

Please click on the link for more details updated 08.04.2010.


CPPE Trainer opportunity please click for more information.updated 14.06.2010

LPC Discussion Forums

Please Visit LPC Webforms for discussion on various topics.Please click on the above link.. updated 14.06.2010

News from RPSGB

Diabetes practical resource now available (updated 06.04.2010)
Please click on the link www.npa.co.uk for further details


RPSGB response to the generic substitution in primary care consultation.

Please click on the link www.rpsgb.org.uk for further details updated 06.04.2010

Generic Substitution Consultation Published


The Department of Health committed to implementing Generic Substitution in Primary Care have published there consultation, subject to discussion.

For more details please click on the link www.psnc.org.uk

HSJ exclusive: SHAs to be abolished by 2012

24 May, 2010 | By Sally Gainsbury, Dave West

Strategic health authority chiefs have been told they will be abolished by April 2012, HSJ can reveal.
New health secretary Andrew Lansley has told senior managers he believes there will be no need for SHAs once his independent NHS commissioning board is established. He therefore plans to include legislation abolishing the statutory authorities in his NHS bill expected later this year.
Mr Lansley can only abolish SHAs through legislation as they have statutory duties which will require unravelling.

However, sources at SHAs told HSJ they would start “winding down” immediately, not least because they have been given management cost reduction targets in excess of 30 per cent.
The latest NHS workforce statistics show that as of September 2009 there were 3,752 people employed in non-medical roles at SHAs. Senior SHA figures believe not all of them would lose their jobs as there may be scope for some to be absorbed into local GP commissioning consortia or into new regional offices of the independent commissioning board

updated 28.05.2010