A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 17 Issue 7 February 2024) has been published and includes articles on: Codeine linctus (codeine oral solutions): reclassification to prescription-only medicine Pseudoephedrine: very rare risk of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) Letters and medicine recalls sent
Read morePatients will continue to face problems accessing medicines unless Government both eases supply problems in the UK, and resolves the critical financial state of community pharmacies, Community Pharmacy England has warned. Janet Morrison, CEO, and Mike Dent, Director of Pharmacy Funding, both gave evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee on Monday 19th
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Creon® 25,000 gastro-resistant capsules. MSN/2024/022 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 16th February 2024 Creon® 25,000 gastro-resistant capsules are out of stock until late February 2024. Creon® 10,000 gastro-resistant capsules remain available and can support a partial increase in
Read moreIt’s just over two weeks into the new Pharmacy First service, and we wanted to take a moment to thank pharmacy owners, their teams and the network of LPCs for getting this service up and running. You have worked incredibly hard to prepare for this rapid launch to meet the Government’s extremely ambitious timeline. Teething
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 (16/02/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for February 2024. Drug Pack size Price concession Amiloride 5mg tablets 28 £15.59 Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension 100 £2.49 Betahistine
Read moreCommunity Pharmacy England last week briefed Conservative MPs on the unlocked potential of community pharmacies to help with prevention and tackling the burden of long-term conditions, if the current pressures on the sector can be eased. The event brought together a small group of influential and supportive MPs with community pharmacy owners, our Chief Executive
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Salbutamol 2.5mg/2.5ml and 5mg/2.5ml nebuliser liquid unit dose vials MSN/2024/021 Tier 3 – high impact Date of issue 21st February 2024 Link: Medicines Supply Tool Summary Salbutamol 2.5mg/2.5ml and 5mg/2.5ml nebuliser liquid is in very limited supply with a resolution date
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Lisdexamfetamine (Elvanse®) capsules. MSN/2024/019 Tier 3 – high impact Date of issue 13th February 2024 There will be intermittent supply of all strengths of lisdexamfetamine (Elvanse®) capsules until April 2024. Supplies of various strengths of Elvanse® will be available at different
Read moreDrug alert number: EL (24)A/05 Date issued: 12 February 2024 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 3 medicines recall for: Ramipril 1.25mg tablets (Torrent Pharma (UK) Limited) PL 36687/0222 SNOMED Code: 36834211000001109 Batch Number Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed MG21264 29/02/2024 28 tablets 13/12/2021 MG21334 31/03/2024 28 tablets
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 (13/02/2024) announced the following initial list of price concessions for February 2024. Drug Pack size Price concession Atorvastatin 80mg tablets 28 £2.64 Azithromycin 250mg capsules 6 £4.67 Bimatoprost
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