PQS 2022/23 – Risk Management and Safeguarding

By the end of 31st March 2023, all registered pharmacy professionals working at the pharmacy on the day of the declaration must have satisfactorily completed, within the last two years (between 1st April 2021 and end of 31st March 2023),

• CPPE sepsis online training and passed the e-assessment
•  CPPE risk management guide and passed the e-assessment

The contractor must have available, at premises level, an update of the previous risk review undertaken as part of the PQS 2021/22 or if not previously completed, a new risk review. The risk review must include:

• managing the risk of missing sepsis identification;
• missing red flag symptoms during over the counter (OTC) consultations; and
• minimising the risk of transmission of COVID-19

By the end of 31st March 2023, all registered pharmacy professionals working at the pharmacy on the day of the declaration must have

• watched the bespoke one-hour webinar training video for community pharmacy
• need to download a certificate of completion from the elfh website after watching the webinar
• completed an action plan on how they will manage people who require a safeguarding referral

Domestic Abuse 

By the end of 31st March 2023, all* patient-facing staff that provide advice on medicines or healthcare working at the pharmacy on the day of the declaration must have satisfactorily:

• completed the Domestic abuse awareness (Safe Spaces training) which is hosted on the CPPE website
• passed the quiz on the training; and
• read and understood the Ask for ANI and Safe Spaces schemes: training toolkit.
• at least one person responsible for the premises must have: read and understood the Safe Spaces Set-up Toolkit.

For more information and templates for reviews and training records go to PSNC website