Community Pharmacy Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent – Your Community Pharmacy portal for Staffs & Stoke-on-Trent

Welcome to the website for Community Pharmacy Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent

We represent the views, interest and priorities of pharmacy contractors across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

CPE Pharmacy Fast Facts

CPE have developed a media lines briefing note for anyone – pharmacy owners, pharmacists, LPCs, or others – asked questions by the press about the Pharmacy First/Pharmacy Contraception Service/Blood Pressure Checks services. To access, please follow the link below

Pharmacy First

More information on the Pharmacy First Service and resources for pharmacy teams can be found on our dedicated Pharmacy First page

Local Prescription Ordering Direct (POD) Pilot

The ICB and Meir PCN are piloting a POD for their patients. For more information and to access the community pharmacy POD flowchart, follow the link

#Pharmacies of Tomorrow

Community Pharmacy England commissioned leading health think tanks Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund to develop a vision for community pharmacy. More information and next steps following on from the resulting independent report can be found on CPE

Covid-19 Dashboard

The NHS is offering treatments to those people with COVID-19 who are at highest risk of becoming seriously ill, supply of LFD test kits through community pharmacy and Covid-19 vaccinations. For more information, visit our Covid-19 Dashboard

LPC News

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Service Focus Newsletter

The CPSSOT Service Focus newsletter for June was sent to pharmacy NHS emails and those that have signed up to receive communications on Tuesday 17th…

17th June 2025

Midlands Greener NHS

The Midlands Greener NHS have shared their June newsletter. For more information and to access and sign up for future mailings of this newsletter, click…

15th June 2025

June Newsletter

The CPSSOT June newsletter was sent to pharmacy NHS emails and those that have signed up to receive communications on Tuesday 3rd June 2025. To…

3rd June 2025

CRISPS Study

The Carbon Reduction Impact from Synchronising Prescriptions (CRISPS) Study final report can be read on our website at CRISPS Study

7th May 2025

Real Time Exemption Checking

The NHS have released a guidance document on how pharmacies can use Real Time Exemption Checking (RTEC) which allows PMR systems to automatically check if…

17th April 2025

Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent ICS Pharmacy First Flyer

Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent Integrated Care System have developed a series of Pharmacy First posters which can be printed and displayed in your community pharmacy. For…

14th April 2025

Latest Community Pharmacy England News

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Pharmacy First: Have you claimed for your March-May consultations?

As announced last month, Pharmacy First consultations carried out in March, April and May 2025 must be claimed by 11.59pm on 30th June 2025 to…

23rd June 2025

Eastern and East and North Midlands Pharmacy Owners: Book on your local Future of Pharmacy workshop

With the conclusion of the NHS 10-Year Health Plan imminent, this is a critical time for community pharmacy and it is important that we focus…

20th June 2025

Medicine Supply Notification: Buprenorphine (Relevtec®) 35micrograms/hour, 52.5micrograms/hour, 70micrograms/hour transdermal patches Buprenorphine (Bupeaze®) 52.5micrograms/hour transdermal patches

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for the following products: Buprenorphine (Relevtec®) 35micrograms/hour, 52.5micrograms/hour, 70micrograms/hour transdermal patches…

19th June 2025