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HSE Community Drugs Schemes Meath, Louth, Cavan & Monaghan Contact List
Top tip: All numbers listed below are clickable on your smartphone, so you can ring them directly by simply tapping on them ;) Louth, Louth Community Care, Dublin Rd, Dundalk, Co. Louth GMS Hardship Approvals Grainne Corrigan Catherina Dowdall Tel: 042 9381304 Fax: 042 9333814 Long Term...
HSE Community Drugs Schemes Cork & Kerry Contact List
Top tip: All numbers listed below are clickable on your smartphone, so you can ring them directly by simply tapping on them ;) Scheme Contact Name Address Phone Fax Drug Payment Noreen O Regan Ruth Crowley Margaret Coughlan Alice Burke HSE Community Services, Coolnagarrane...
HSE Services for Pharmacists
HSE Services for Pharmacists Pharmacy Application Suite Pharmacy Application Form 2013 2014 Seasonal Flu Vaccine.pdf (size 24.5 KB) Blank Vaccination Record Form.pdf (size 8 KB) Electronic Reimbursement Electronic Submission Arrangements Wholesale Margin Reinstatement Reports Sha1 Security...
Exemptions from GMS Levy
Who is exempt from the GMS levy? GMS levy is charged on GMS, GMS repeat and Dental schemes, but not on Methadone, LTI, High-Tech or HAA. In addition there are groups which are exempt from paying the levy even on GMS and GMR and Dental schemes. They are: Children in the care of the HSE who have...
HSE Regional Co-ordinators for Drugs Services
HSE NORTH WESTERN AREA (Sligo, Leitrim, South Donegal and West Cavan) Ms Trish Garland, HSE West, Addiction Service, Charter House, Old Market Street, Sligo. Tel: 071 9140409, Fax: 071 914 0412. Donegal is covered by Moira Mills, Alcohol & Substance Advisory Service, Eunans Court,...
HSE Prescribing Tips and Tools
Prescribing Tips and Tools The following prescribing tips and tools are available, to prescribers for each of the Preferred Drugs and for the New Oral Anticoagulants (NOACs). The information is summarised in a clear, concise prescribing tool to enable prescribers to prescribe medicines safely and...
IIOP Standards for the 2016/17 ePortfolio Review
The ePortfolio review is the process by which pharmacists are required to submit an extract from their ePortfolio which demonstrates that they are appropriately engaging in CPD. Pharmacists can expect to be called to participate in an ePortfolio review once in every five year period. Did you know...
The PSI Guidelines and Resources
The PSI Guides and Resources You may or may not be aware, but the PSI have a number of very useful guides on their website entitled Guidelines for Retail Pharmacy Businesses. Below is a quick overview of the available guides: Keeping of Records in Respect of Medicinal Products Counselling and...
Discontinued Medicines
Below is a list of medicines that have been, to the best of our knowledge, recently discontinued. Some may still have some stock in circulation. Asasantin Retard 200/25mg caps Atroven 250mcg & 500mcg nebules Caveject 5mcg Combivent 500/2.5mg UDVs nebules Isotrexin gel Lariam 250mg tabs Premique...
Medicines in Short Supply
Below is a list of medicines that are, to the best of our knowledge, currently in short supply. If you have different information please let us know in the comments section and we will update this article. Alphaderm cream Adalat 5mg caps Anafranil 10mg & 50mg caps Codant 30mg tabs Diamox 250mg...