Christmas and New Year opening

Reminder to update Directory of Services profiles for Christmas and New Year

Contractors are reminded of the requirement to verify and where necessary, update the information contained in their NHS website profile and their Directory of Services (DoS) profile at least once in each quarter of the financial year. Christmas and New Year bank holiday opening times are listed on DoS for the following days: Saturday 25, Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 December 2021 and Monday 3 January 2022.

All other days are defined as normal working days and any agreed changes to the standard availability for those days must be entered as additional dates on the Profile Updater <https://generalpracticebulletin.cmail19.com/t/d-l-ajruhik-jujddjkjkr-yu/>

Remember:

For the Christmas and New Year period 2021/22, we would like to draw particular attention to Boxing Day (26th December), which will fall on a Sunday and New Year’s Day (1st January) which will fall on a Saturday. These are both normal working days for pharmacy opening hours (contract hours). In the UK, if a bank holiday is on a weekend, a ‘substitute’ weekday becomes the bank holiday instead.

To learn more about pharmacy opening hour requirements read PSNC’s Briefing 018/21: Pharmacy opening hours in the remainder of 2021 and in 2022 <https://psnc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/PSNC-Briefing-01821-Pharmacy-opening-hours-in-2022-LRv2-1-TRACKED-CHANGES-VERSION-2.pdf>