UcA chARItY pARtNERShIp


AgE NI A big thANK YoU to Age NI for being our charity partner for the past three years. we had great fun working with this excellent charity.


here’s some of the things we got up to: collage of: Big Knit / firewalk / Abseil / Ball / Signposting / carrick hc / Reindeer food / hampers


thank you to all the pharmacies, pharmacists and staff who took part


in fundraising initiatives or handed out signposting cards to raise awareness of Age NI’s services.


thanks also to wholesalers AAh/SangersAAh who partnered too, in particular for delivering packs of reindeer dust each year. thank to you all, we raised a massive £36K to support the work of Age NI.


our last big project together was creating a suite of videos promoting


community pharmacy and how we provide healthcare and advice to all sections of the community and especially our older patients.


these videos are being posted on UcA’s social media and you can use them too by sharing or creating your own posts – for more information, contact mairead conlon on mairead@uca.org.uk.


thank you to chief Executive linda Robinson, marketing Director Siobhan casey, charity Director Duane farrell and fundraising manager Rozi cole for all their hard work.


the official partnership may have ended but our relationship with Age NI will go on in support of the older people in our communities.


chARItY pARtNER 2018 - ADDIctIoN NI Introducing our new charity partner for 2018 – Addiction NI. with the worrying increase in the abuse and misuse of prescription drugs UcA felt that Addiction NI was the perfect partner.


this local charity is doing sterling work with those in our communities suffering with addictions, not only to prescription or illicit drugs but also alcohol, gambling and other stimulants. they offer fast,


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KEEp tRAcK of thoSE coNcESSIoNARY pRIcES Due to shortages and other factors there are currently a large number of items on the concessionary price list. pharmaceutical Services Negotiating committee in gB have announced in December that 52 more items have been added to the concession list. trying to secure keep track of these prices creates an added workload but seems it is unavoidable. You can find our coNcESSIoN pRIcE tRAcKER in the


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confidential, user friendly, easily accessible, professional support. Every patient referred to Addiction NI gets an appointment within days and they work in partnership with the referring gp.


Addiction NI also offer excellent training for healthcare professionals and are already doing so for pre-regs on the UcA pre-registration training programme. through our partnership we will bring this training to as many pharmacists as we can to ensure you have the knowledge and skills to better identify and care for your


members section of the UcA website which will give you a quick overview of the situation.


coDE AS NoRmAl - Remember to code each item with the usual code and quantity. If a concession price is awarded, then each item can be easily tracked by BSo to award the additional payment.


commoN pRoBlEmS = ERRoRS = UNDERpAYmENt these days, every penny counts, so good coding and endorsing practice is essential. At UcA we can help you


patients with addiction problems. Addiction NI are also advocates for improving health services for people with addictions and UcA were invited to represent community pharmacy at a recent Drink, Age well high level Impact group event in Stormont. the group has produced a report: calling time on Ageism which is calling for equality of access to health & wellbeing services including addiction services for older people.


UcA president cliff mcElhinney is looking forward to working with


assess how good your coding is and upskill your staff to ensure that errors are minimised. As not all forms can be auto-read, many are entered by hand, so using codes from memory, forgetting that the quantity has changed from items to mls, or writing an 8 that looks like a 5, etc. can all lead to errors which ultimately leads to underpayment.


If YoU DoN’t chEcK, YoU DoN’t gEt! Ensuring your prescription bundles are sent in with as few errors as possible is only half the story. Every pharmacy should check their


payment is correct. Not just checking for expensive items, but any items that has the wrong item or quantity code can lead to a meaningful underpayment. It makes good sense to check and is fairly easy to do.


however, at UcA we recognise that your time is precious and there are lots of things you need to do. we can’t come to your shop and dispense for you, but we can check the payment for you and follow-up with BSo. It’s very easy to do, so for more information, call the UcA team on 028 9065 6576.


Addiction NI. ‘Addiction and misuse of prescription drugs in particular is very important to community pharmacy as we see the effects of it every day in our pharmacies. I am excited to be partnering with Addiction NI and providing practical support and advice to our members and colleagues in pharmacy.’


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