Following 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 (15/10/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for October 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Cefalexin 500mg capsules 21 £2.67 Chloramphenicol 0.5% eye drops 10 £2.90 Clarithromycin
Read moreAchieving the thresholds for the monthly Pharmacy First payment has been an ongoing matter of great concern for pharmacy owners and Community Pharmacy England. Since the two previously agreed changes to the original thresholds, which were secured following our representations to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England, we have continued
Read moreThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that sufficient stock of Chemydur® 60XL tablets are now available to meet normal demand. As a result the Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP), SSP073 Chemydur® 60XL tablets expires at 23.59pm on Friday 11 October 2024. After this date, any prescriptions for Chemydur® 60XL tablets must be
Read moreMHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Linezolid 600 mg film-coated tablets (Sandoz Ltd) Drug alert number: EL (24)A/48 Date issued: 10 October 2024 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Linezolid 600 mg film-coated tablets (Sandoz Ltd) Company name: Sandoz Ltd Product name: Linezolid 600
Read moreFollowing representations made by Community Pharmacy England on behalf of community pharmacy owners, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has redetermined the September 2024 concessionary price for Metformin 500mg modified-release tablets: Drug Pack size Price concession Metformin 500mg modified-release tablets 56 £3.26 (previously £2.00) The improved price will apply to prescriptions submitted for
Read moreThe Prime Minister was asked at PMQs today what the Government is doing to improve access to General Practice. In his answer, Sir Keir Starmer said: “We are going to expand the role of community pharmacies and accelerate the roll-out of independent prescribing. We need much more care to be delivered in local communities to
Read moreCommunity pharmacy owners are invited to share data to inform an important fiscal review of the sector. Frontier Economics and IQVIA have been commissioned to carry out an economic analysis of community pharmacy on behalf of NHS England. This includes understanding the full economic costs of delivering NHS pharmaceutical services and how these costs vary,
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Trandate® (labetalol) 50mg tablets MSN/2024/101 Tier 2 medium impact Date of issue: 7th October 2024 Trandate® (labetalol) 50mg tablets will be discontinued from July 2025. Alternative low dose beta-blockers remain available. Where these are not suitable, UK manufactured Specials of labetalol
Read moreMHRA Class 3 Medicines Recall: Trandolapril 2mg and 4mg capsules (Viatris UK Healthcare Ltd) Drug alert number: EL(24)A/47 Date issued: 07 October 2024 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a Class 3 medicines defect information notice for: Trandolapril 2mg and 4mg capsules (Viatris UK Healthcare Ltd) Company name: Viatris UK Healthcare
Read moreA Forum of LPC Chairs, created to provide more local input into the representation of pharmacy owners at a national level, met for the first time last week. The new Forum aims to bring a stronger local voice to national work, steer Community Pharmacy England on local matters, and foster collaboration on areas of mutual
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