CPS Snapshot - 9th July 2026
Published: 9th July 2026
A weekly snapshot of activity across CPS, highlighting recent work on policy, systems, and engagement across the network.
The sun might be having a holiday from Scotland, but the CPS team are not - here are a few things that we have been working on in the past few weeks!
The CPS Board met yesterday, discussing negotiations, Press and PR and having an update on digital prescribing and dispensing from the CPS team amongst other items
The Policy team have started the interview process for their vacancy.
Possibly with visitors from other countries starting to appear, we have fielded a number of enquiries regarding pharmacy first eligibility - see the related article for more detail.
Gordon presented to and caught up with the cohort of FTY trainees to look at their preparation for practice.
The team continued to work with colleagues at Public Services Delivery Scotland on prescription claiming and payment improvements - right from data analysis on electronic claims through to their work on prescription bundle submission. If you haven't already, have a look at NSSs’ website for top tips on preparing your prescription bundle and downloadable posters!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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The CPS Snapshot provides members with a regular overview of the work Community Pharmacy Scotland is undertaking on behalf of the sector. It highlights engagement with stakeholders, policy development, service improvement work and ongoing projects that support community pharmacy in Scotland.
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Updates include policy work, service development, system reviews, and engagement with partners across the pharmacy sector.
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- We have already had some informal conversations and some applications for our open Policy Officer (Pharmacist) role - take a look if you haven't already seen this!
- Graham presented the findings of his research on use of the CPS Shortage reporter to the team working on refreshing it, which has helped us really understand which improvements will best support our members. Maximising the use of this tool provides us with crucial evidence on medicines pricing that can inform price adjustments - so keep an eye out for some developments in the coming weeks (including a name change to something a bit more "Ronseal")!
- We took some new Scottish Government Pharmacy colleagues out to visit the team at Omnicare Tollcross in Edinburgh so that they could see all of the hard work that pharmacy teams put into supporting local communities, highlighting areas that our teams in turn need to be supported in.
- Adam and Gordon continued the work kicked off last week to review the PCR requirements for a supplier review.
- Digital Prescribing and Dispensing work continues to develop - this week's conversations were tackling the systems, processes and governance around prescription cancellations and our thoughts internally are very much turning to the support and resource that will be required for implementation.
- Adam met with Skills Development Scotland to understand what is changing in the world of skills and in particular apprenticeships - the entire system is being overhauled and we are keen that our members are able to benefit from this in the coming years.
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Disclosure Scotland has published its June 2026 newsletter, covering two important updates for PVG scheme members and customers.