From 1st April 2025, it will be a legal requirement for individuals to be a member of the PVG Scheme when carrying out a regulated role with children, protected adults, or both.

Our Community Pharmacy Health Board (CPHB) committees are at the forefront of local service negotiation. Currently, a number of our CPHB Committees have vacancies available for Associate Members for the term 2025-2028.

Disclosure Scotland has changed the way you will complete your PVG applications and view your granted certificate. You will no longer receive a paper copy of the certificate.

The new scanning centre is now fully operational at the Gyle now, of which your Parcel Force bags are pre-labelled for.

NSS have confirmed that the final cumulative statements have all been sent to contractors detailing information about payments received by contractors during the nDCVP implementation and resultant estimated payment process.

Our colleagues at NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) have written to Independent Pharmacy Contractors to inform them about some issues that have arisen during the switchover to SWAN2.

NSS have asked us to remind you of the requirement to renew the verification certificate which need to be completed before the 24th March 2024.

There’s a 10 minute survey where you can give your views on ways to improve the production, organisation and delivery of the information.