It is that time of year again when you're DSP toolkit is required to be submitted. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the general deadlines were changed. You now have until the end of June 2021 to complete this.

The templates that you require for the submission can be found here: https://psnc.org.uk/contract-it/pharmacy-it/data-security/data-security-templates/ or alternatively, you can visit our web page and look at our SOP section.

The process can be found here.

You need to do the following:

1). Login to the toolkit using your password and email address as in previous years: https://www.dsptoolkit.nhs.uk/Account/Login

2). Update the information on your organisation profile webpage

3). Consider whether all staff have had appropriate training. If not, then the following can help. Make sure that as many of your staff have been trained as possible: https://psnc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/DSPTK-Template-series-doc-03B-Pharmacy-data-security-and-IG-training-for-induction-or-refreshment.pdf

4). Visit the toolkit assessment section complete them as appropriate: https://psnc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PSNC-Briefing-08.21B-DSPTK-21-B-Question-by-question-guidance-Data-Security-and-Protection-Toolkit.pdf

Please contact us if you require any further information. There is also further video available on our website if you run into any trouble, please see below: