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(Near miss, dispensing errors significant interventions)  \n• Transfer these to the annual report  \n• Add any additional actions you have taken to resolve/prevent further issues.  \nQuality Domains  \n• Risk Management and Safeguarding-Band 2-6 = 25 points  \n• Respiratory-Points dependent on prescription volume (Max 33.3 points)  \n• Healthy Living support-Band 2-6 20 points (10 points for intervention + 10 points for referral)  \n• Prevention-Band 2-6 20 points  \n• Addressing unwanted variation in care-Band 2-6 10 points  \nRisk Management and Safeguarding  \nUpdate the risk review from 21/22 or Complete a new Risk review  \nReview to include:  \n• Risk of missing Sepsis identification  \n• Missing Red Flag symptoms during OTC consultations  \n• Minimising risk of Covid transmission  \nRisk Management and Safeguarding  \nTraining  \n• Sepsis since April 2021 (update every two years)  \n• Risk Management guide and e-assessment  \n• Safeguarding Level 3 (Webinar)  \n• Domestic Abuse prevention  \no Safe Spaces training and quiz  \no Ask for ANI and Safe Spaces schemes: training toolkit  \no read and understood the Safe Spaces Set-up Toolkit  \nRespiratory  \n• Record children aged 5-15 have an asthma plan in place and how many have a spacer where required  \n• Record the total number of children aged 5 to 15 referred to a prescriber fora spacer device  \n• Record number of patients identified who were prescribed a new inhaler and offered an NMS.  \n• Record number of NMSs provided face-to-face and number of virtual including inhaler technique training.  \n• Record number of patients referred to prescriber after conducting NMS.  \nRespiratory continued  \n• Record the number of patients referred to prescriber with issues identified during NMS  \n• Record the total number of patients with asthma, for whom three or more bronchodilator inhalers were dispensed without any corticosteroid inhaler within a six-month period and who were referred to an appropriate healthcare professional for an asthma review by the day of the declaration.  \n• Record number of returns of unwanted and used inhalers  \nTraining  \n• Inhaler technique-training completed and April 2020 e-assessment completed  \n•  PSNC Briefing 030/22: Reducing the climate change impact of inhalers: environmentally safe disposal  \nHealthy Living support  \nWeight Management  \n• Discuss weight management with a min of 25 people and refer a min of 4 people to either NHS Digital or Local Authority tier 2 weight management service  \n• Complete action plan  \n• Record number of people who had their BMI calculated and explained  \n• Record number of people who were referred to Local Authority tier 2 weight management service  \n• Record number of people who were referred to NHS digital weight management service  \nTraining  \n• Complete weight Management training if not previously completed","cbCaimHcqANZEdoB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimHcqANZEdoB","pdf",647061,23,"English","# Agenda\n## Good Practice\n## Gateway Criteria\n## Quality Domains\n## Risk Management and Safeguarding\n## Training\n## Respiratory\n## Healthy Living support","[{\"question\":\"What are the key good-practice steps for managing PQS work throughout the year?\",\"answer\":\"Break tasks into manageable chunks, assign ownership to key staff, complete day-to-job items routinely, keep copies of training certificates, store PQS evidence in a folder, avoid last-minute work, and link PQS activities to relevant campaigns where possible.\"},{\"question\":\"What gateway criteria must be achieved by 31/03/2023, and what are the example components shown?\",\"answer\":\"The gateway criteria must be met by 31/03/2023 to claim quality criteria. 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