COVID-19

For the latest information on COVID-19 please see the following links:

NHS Inform

Health Protection Scotland

Scottish Government

Community Pharmacy Scotland

GPhC Regulation Statement

Hep C Service - Updated Advice during COVID-19

Poster Showing Revised Opening Hours in Community Pharmacies

 

Staff Testing

 

From Monday 29th March 2021, NHS Lothian’s Occupational Health Department will be pausing their service which was used to obtain a sample for testing from staff or their household contacts who had symptoms suggestive of COVID-19.  This pausing of the service is because of a variety of factors:

  • A reduced demand for this service over the last four weeks as the lockdown and what we hope is vaccine effect coming through
  • An increased availability of sampling and testing over a variety of geographic sites through the UK government testing service
  • An established pathway for those results to come back into occupational health through Test and Protect
  • Access to whole genomic sequencing being less available

 From Monday 29 March any staff who are displaying symptoms that may be COVID-19 should book a test through:

 https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test

 The results will go to Test and Protect where contact tracing will take place including the workplace if required.

 

Workplace contact risk assessment (to be used if a pharmacy team member tests positive)

Risk Assessment form including definitions of who is a contact

Process Flowchart

 

How to order PPE

 

Please note that Community pharmacies can now only order supplies of PPE via the PECOS ordering system.  If you have any issues, for instance missing/damaged PPE orders, or problems logging into the PECOS system, please contact the NSS Procurement team on:

Email  -  primarycare@hubppe.co.uk

Telephone -  0300 303 3536 (Lines open Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm)

 

PGD's

Paracetamol- 3 months to 11 years (Review date March 2022)

Paracetamol 12 years and over (Review date March 2022)

 

Process for Community Pharmacies to request support

The following documents outline the process to follow if your pharmacy would like to request support.  Please read these carefully before e-mailing in.

Community Pharmacy Process to Request Support

Process flowchart for community pharmacies to request support