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- 20TH MAY 2024
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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Notification: Trazodone hydrochloride 50mg/5ml oral solution (Cygnus Pharma Ltd)
Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Trazodone hydrochloride 50mg/5ml oral solution (Cygnus Pharma Ltd) Drug alert number: EL (24)A/16 Date issued: 20 May 2024 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Trazodone hydrochloride 50mg/5ml oral solution (Cygnus Pharma Ltd) Company name: Cygnus Pharma Ltd Product name:
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- 17TH MAY 2024
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Pharmacy Advice Audit: Starting soon
Pharmacy owners and their teams can now access guidance about the upcoming national Pharmacy Advice Audit, including full details of how to take part between 3rd and 16th June 2024. As announced earlier this month, Community Pharmacy England’s audit will help demonstrate how pharmacies are supporting their communities every day and assist in gathering critical evidence for
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- 16TH MAY 2024
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Medicine Supply Notification: Tegretol® (carbamazepine) 100mg/5ml liquid
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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- 15TH MAY 2024
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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Notification: Keppra 500mg film-coated tablets (Doncaster Pharma Limited)
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
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- 13TH MAY 2024
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May Briefing Event: Lack of Government investment and Pharmacy First challenges are key concerns for pharmacy owners
Underfunding, 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
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- 13TH MAY 2024
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Pharmacy Workforce Wellbeing Report highlights importance of collaboration
Community 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.
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- 10TH MAY 2024
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Funding & Reimbursement Shorts: How to handle prescriptions with supplementary product information
Community 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
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- 9TH MAY 2024
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Medicine Supply Notification: Humalog® (insulin lispro) 100units/ml solution for injection 10ml vials
Department 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
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- 9TH MAY 2024
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Medicine Supply Notification: Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT)
Department 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
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- 9TH MAY 2024
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Medicines supply issues are a daily battle, Pressures Survey confirms
Community 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
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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Notification: Trazodone hydrochloride 50mg/5ml oral solution (Cygnus Pharma Ltd)

Pharmacy Advice Audit: Starting soon

Medicine Supply Notification: Tegretol® (carbamazepine) 100mg/5ml liquid

MHRA Class 4 Medicines Notification: Keppra 500mg film-coated tablets (Doncaster Pharma Limited)

May Briefing Event: Lack of Government investment and Pharmacy First challenges are key concerns for pharmacy owners

Pharmacy Workforce Wellbeing Report highlights importance of collaboration

Funding & Reimbursement Shorts: How to handle prescriptions with supplementary product information

Medicine Supply Notification: Humalog® (insulin lispro) 100units/ml solution for injection 10ml vials

Medicine Supply Notification: Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT)

Medicines supply issues are a daily battle, Pressures Survey confirms

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