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MONTHLY ROUNDUP

Key Awareness Dates Upcoming Contractual Dates

England, Wales, and Scotland
• Breast Cancer Awareness
Month Directory of Services (DoS) - between 1st
October and 31st December
• Stoptober Contractors are required to verify and, where
necessary, update the information contained in
• National Cholesterol their NHS website profile and their DoS profile
Month at least once each quarter of the financial year.
The new quarter starts on 1st October and ends
• National Learning and on 31st December 2023.
This is a mandatory requirement for all
Development Month contractors.

• World Mental Health Day
10th October
England
• World Sight Day NMS: Submission of electronic reporting
12th October template - beginning of October 2023
Pharmacies can voluntarily submit their completed
• Restart a Heart Day NMS electronic reporting template to the NHSBSA.
16th October
Pharmacy Contraception Service - 4th
• National Pharmacy October
Technician Day Subject to positive evaluation, Tier 2 of the
17th October Pharmacy Contraception Service (PCS) will
start, enabling pharmacists to also initiate oral

• World Stroke Day contraception, via a Patient Group Direction,
and provide ongoing clinical checks and annual
29th October reviews.

Wales

Workforce Enabler Declaration – 31st October
Declare on NECAF the number of hours of staffing at each training banding level per
annum for up to two members of staff. Payments are made monthly, pro-rata against 37.5
hour week.
Continuity Scheme – 31st October
Declare on the WP34C for the relevant month that:
Number of days CAS was available - eligible for a payment of £158.34 if 80% or more
Number of days the Contraception Service was available - eligible for a payment of
£158.34 if 80% or more.
Eligible for a payment of £316.68 for Sept-Dec 2023 (inclusive) if Seasonal Influenza
Vaccination Service is available on at least one day in each month and on no fewer than 40
days in total between 1 Sept and 31 Dec 2023.
Independent prescribing claims – 31st October
For Pharmacies offering Independent Prescribing (IP) services declare the number of hour’s
availability and number of consultations that month.

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