Update 09/06/23 – The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has provided an update on the Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP) for Utrogestan® 100mg capsules (SSP056) was due to expire 18 August 2023 but has been further extended to Friday 1 September 2023. In response to a significant ongoing disruption to the supply of Utrogestan®
Read moreCommunity Pharmacy England has opened registration for its first national engagement event for pharmacy owners. We are holding a digital gathering for all community pharmacy owners in England on Monday 18th September at 7pm-8.30pm. This will be an opportunity for those we represent to hear more about our work and progress in key areas, participate
Read moreThe Community Pharmacy England Committee will have a full meeting in September and we are seeking input from all pharmacy owners ahead of that. We are continuing to work hard to fight the sector’s corner on key issues such as funding and payments, medicines supply and price concessions, and the logistics of services such as
Read moreNHS England has this afternoon announced that while the flu vaccination service will officially commence in October, pharmacy owners will be able to go ahead and vaccinate any patients who have already booked September appointments and be paid for those. The decision to allow booked appointments to go ahead follows high-level influencing work led by
Read moreCommunity Pharmacy England has coordinated a letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Steve Barclay, seeking his immediate intervention to prevent a delay to the start of the flu immunisation programme. We have joined with CSL Seqirus, Healthcare Distribution Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society to warn the Government of the
Read moreCommunity Pharmacy England has successfully appealed to increase the price concession granted in July 2023 for Atorvastatin 80mg tablets to £3.91 from the previously imposed £3.45. During the month of July 2023 our Dispensing and Supply Team received an exceptionally high volume of reports from pharmacies unable to obtain Atorvastatin 80mg tablets at the published
Read moreCommunity Pharmacy England is looking to recruit several roles into our Pharmacy Funding Team. If you’re passionate about community pharmacy and eager to support pharmacy owners through one of these specialised roles, we’re keen to hear from you. The full details for each role are available via the links below. They are: Pricing Analyst (Pricing
Read moreCommunity Pharmacy England is calling for a reversal of the decision to allow a delay to the commencement of the Flu Vaccination Service until after 1st September, warning Ministers that the timely vaccination of around one million people is at stake. In a letter to Pharmacy Minister Neil O’Brien and Vaccines Minister Maria Caulfield, we
Read moreNHS England previously announced that pharmacy owners will need to use an NHS approved clinical IT system to make their clinical records and payment claims for the Hypertension case-finding service from 1st September 2023. To begin with, it is expected the following four IT suppliers will develop their systems to include functionality to support the
Read moreFollowing the introduction of the Hormone Replacement Therapy Prescription Prepayment Certificate (HRT PPC), the FP57 receipt and refund claim form has been updated. The new FP57 form is now available to order, however, there will be a period of transition where pharmacies can continue to use the older versions of the FP57s forms until stocks run
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