Welcome to the NHS Forth Valley Community Pharmacy Services Website – your central point for information and resources.
Community Pharmacy Opening Times
Community Pharmacy Festive Opening Times
PHARMACIES OPEN CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR HOLIDAY PERIOD – 2022/2023
- Clackmannan Pharmacies Festive Opening Hours
- Falkirk Pharmacies Festive Opening Hours
- Grangemouth Pharmacies Opening Hours
- Stirling Pharmacies Festive Opening Hours
Community pharmacy teams are asked to display closure signs and update social media channels and websites to ensure clear communication to patients.
Community Pharmacy Festive Brief
The Community Pharmacy Festive Brief has been produced to provide updates on a number of services and so you have information which we hope will be helpful over the festive period all collated in one place. We hope you find this information useful and would ask you to share widely with the whole community pharmacy team.
If community pharmacy staff have any welfare concerns about patients who
attend the Substance Use Service, please make contact with the service to discuss your concerns.
The opening arrangements for the Substance Use Service over the festive period are detailed in the below document.
COVID-19 Latest Information
- E-mail Communications to Community Pharmacy SOP V1.3 (Updated Sept 2022)
Emergency Care Summary (ECS)
If you work in a Forth Valley pharmacy, you can submit an application for an ECS account by e-mailing
FV.ecscommunitypharmacy@nhs.scot with the following information:
- Name
- GPhC Registration Number
- NHSmail Address (this must be a personal NHSmail account and not a shared mailbox address)
- Pharmacy Name
- Pharmacy Contractor Code
- Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Registration Number
ECS Documentation
- ECS Quick Reference Guide V2 (updated 27th May 2020)
- ECS Frequently Asked Questions
- ECS Patient Notice
Useful Links
For information on the NHS Scotland Pharmacy First service, please click here.
For all the latest information and advice on shortages, please click here.
Read our latest Pharmacy Newsletters, Prescriberfile and Supply Issue Bulletins.