Following on from much Parliamentary activity before Christmas, such as the debate on pharmacy funding in the South West and the Health secretary’s appearance before the Health Committee, MPs are continuing to highlight the serious challenges pharmacies face and to call for support for the sector. Debate on NHS backlogs On Monday, in a debate
Read moreWith New Year’s Day (1 January 2025) occurring in the first five days of the FP34C submission window, pharmacy owners will have an extra day, until the end of 6 January 2025, to submit their December FP34Cs using the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal and to dispatch their prescription bundle to the relevant pricing division
Read moreCommunity Pharmacy England on behalf of pharmacy owners made further applications to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), resulting in a further 8 new products being added to the ‘Drugs for which Discount is Not Deducted’ (DND) list from 1 January 2025. This takes the total
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 (23/12/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for December 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Amantadine 100mg capsules 56 £12.75 Aqueous cream 500 £5.17 Ascorbic acid 100mg tablets
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 January 2025. From 1 January 2025, Original Pack Dispensing (+/-10% OPD) rules have been introduced in The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) (Amendment) (No. 2)
Read moreThe Drug Tariff Category M pricelist for January 2025 has been published on the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) website. Based on our analysis of the Category M price list for January 2025, Community Pharmacy England estimates there will be an overall reduction in reimbursement of approximately -£34m per quarter, resulting from the combination of: A
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 (20/12/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for December 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Alendronic acid 70mg/100ml oral solution unit dose sugar free 4 £28.78 Alfuzosin
Read moreTrade press Responding to a Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announcement about investment into, and changes for, General Practice for the financial year 2025/26, Community Pharmacy England Chief Executive Janet Morrison said: “It is extraordinary that the Government has announced what looks to be a generous investment in General Practice for 2025/26 before
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Estradiol (Estradot®) 50micrograms/24 hours, 75micrograms/24 hours, and 100micrograms/24 hours transdermal patches. MSN/2024/115 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 19th December 2024 Estradiol (Estradot®) 75micrograms/24hours and 100micrograms/24hours transdermal patches will be out of stock until mid-January 2025 Estradiol (Estradot®) 50micrograms/24hours
Read moreIn response to a significant ongoing disruption to the supply of some strengths of Estradot® patches, three Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP) has been issued by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Effective today 19th December 2024, SSP079, provides that for every Estradot® 50micrograms/24hours patch originally prescribed either one Evorel® 50 patch or one
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