Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Coal tar extract (Neutrogena® T/Gel® Therapeutic) 2% shampoo MSN/2024/111 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 3rd December 2024 Coal tar extract (Neutrogena® T/Gel® Therapeutic) 2% shampoo (all pack sizes) is being discontinued from February 2025 Alternative coal tar extract
Read moreThis Briefing provides guidance for pharmacy owners and their teams on the new pharmacy regulations, Original Pack Dispensing, Hub and Spoke and Supervision. Briefing: 025/24: New Pharmacy Regulations: What you need to know The post Briefing 025/24: New Pharmacy Regulations: What you need to know appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.
Read moreCommunity Pharmacy England has released a set of resources to explain the introduction of Original Pack Dispensing (OPD), including how and when it will apply. From 1st January 2025, amendments made to the pharmacy regulations state that the supervising pharmacist must consider dispensing up to 10% more or less than the prescribed quantity, as appropriate,
Read moreMHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Mycophenolate Mofetil 1g/5ml Oral Suspension (Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Limited) Drug alert number: EL (24)A/59 Date issued: 2 December 2024 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Mycophenolate Mofetil 1g/5ml Oral Suspension (Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Limited) DMRC reference number: DMRC-33616486 Company name:
Read moreThis Briefing provides guidance for pharmacy owners and their teams on the regulations for Original Pack Dispensing. Briefing: 024/24: Original Pack Dispensing FAQs The post Briefing 024/24: Briefing: 024/24: Original Pack Dispensing FAQs appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.
Read moreFollowing discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (29/11/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for November 2024: This is not the final update for November. We are still working with the DHSC to agree
Read moreIncreases to employers National Insurance contributions and the National Living Wage will cost community pharmacies £200 million a year in unplanned costs, national pharmacy bodies including Community Pharmacy England have warned today. They have told the Government that ‘without mitigation, these additional costs will push many pharmacies more towards insolvency’, leading even more to close
Read moreMHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Liothyronine Sodium 5 & 20 micrograms Tablets (Strides Pharma UK Ltd) Drug alert number: EL (24)A/58 Date issued: 28 November 2024 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Liothyronine Sodium 5 & 20 micrograms Tablets (Strides Pharma UK
Read moreFollowing discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (28/11/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for November 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Alverine 60mg capsules 100 £4.18 Ascorbic acid 200mg tablets 28 £55.90 Chloramphenicol
Read moreThe Drug Tariff Preface published monthly, lists additions, deletions and other changes to products listed in the Drug Tariff. Below is a summary of the changes coming into effect from 1 December 2024. Key g Special container – This product is a special container and should be dispensed in its complete original pack size. n Item requiring reconstitution
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