Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Tegretol® (carbamazepine) 100mg/5ml liquid MSN/2024/056 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 16th May 2024 Tegretol® (carbamazepine) 100mg/5ml liquid is out of stock. Resupply date is to be confirmed. Generic carbamazepine 100mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free remains available but is
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Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Keppra 500mg film-coated tablets (Doncaster Pharma Limited) Drug alert number: EL (24)A/15 Date issued: 15 May 2024 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Keppra 500mg film-coated tablets (Doncaster Pharma Limited) Company name: Doncaster Pharma Limited Product name: Keppra 500mg
Read moreUnderfunding, dispensing at a loss, and challenges in Pharmacy First implementation are amongst the key concerns and priorities for pharmacy owners in the coming months. Community Pharmacy England’s digital briefing event held last week focussed on critical pressures and the future, providing an opportunity for pharmacy owners to learn more about our work in key
Read moreCommunity Pharmacy England and others have committed to collaborative actions to help address pharmacy professionals’ mental health and wellbeing as part of a new report. The Pharmacy Workforce Wellbeing Roundtable Summary has been published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and Pharmacist Support – the profession’s independent charity – following a roundtable discussion held in February 2024.
Read moreCommunity Pharmacy England is launching a series of digital guides to help pharmacy owners and their teams understand more about common funding and reimbursement topics. The guides will aim to help pharmacy owners and their teams to develop good practices, maximising income and reduce instances of losing money or facing delayed payments as a result
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Humalog® (insulin lispro) 100units/ml solution for injection 10ml vials This MSN is the first of two covering supply issues with insulin vials. The second MSN for Humulin® S vials will be issued shortly but should be noted that as the products
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) MSN/2024/054 Tier 2 medium impact Date of issue: 9th May 2024 Creon® 10,000 and 25,000 gastro-resistant capsules are in limited supply until 2026. Nutrizym® 22 capsules are out of stock until mid-August 2024 Pancrex V® capsules
Read moreCommunity Pharmacy England has today released a national report confirming the severe impact of the worsening medicines supply situation on patients and community pharmacies across England. The Pharmacy Pressures Survey 2024: Medicines Supply Report sets out what pharmacy owners and their teams have told us about just how critical the situation has become. The report, which
Read moreA new collaborative approach has been launched to address challenges surrounding the recycling of medicine packaging. The Circularity in Primary Pharmaceutical Packaging Accelerator (CiPPPA) initiative has been launched to connect stakeholders across the pharmaceutical supply chain to work together to develop and implement strategies for recycling primary pharmaceutical packaging. Community Pharmacy England and, for example,
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Sulfadiazine silver (Flamazine®) 1% cream MSN/2024/052 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 8th May 2024 Flamazine® 1% cream 20g, 50g and 500g packs are out of stock until early August 2024 Flamazine® 1% cream 250g packs will be out
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