A global exemption has again been applied to requirement 319 for community pharmacies whilst the Department of Health and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) complete their discussions on business continuity planning. The exemption is applied during an overnight process and has also been applied to version 10 assessments that have already been published.

Requirement 319 will need to completed in version 11 of the Toolkit (scheduled release date June 2013) and the PSNC will shortly be publishing business continuity materials to assist pharmacies to comply by 31 March 2014.