In response to a significant ongoing disruption to the supply of Estradot® 100micrograms/24hours patches, a Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP) has been issued by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Effective today 21st August 2023, SSP057 provides that for every Estradot® 100micrograms/24hours patch originally prescribed either one Evorel® 100 patch or one Estraderm® MX
Read moreAlliance Healthcare UK has informed us of planned maintenance over the August Bank Holiday period, advising that pharmacies consider their stock needs in advance. Alliance has identified the bank holiday weekend (Friday 25th August to Tuesday 29th August) as the optimal time to carry out this essential maintenance and is working to minimise the impact
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 (18/08/2023) announced the following initial list of price concessions for August 2023: Drug Pack size Price concession Acamprosate 333mg gastro-resistant tablets 168 £23.80 Aciclovir 800mg tablets 35 £4.19 Atorvastatin
Read moreFollowing previous announcements, the Summary Care Record (SCRa) application portal is scheduled to be replaced by a new system called the National Care Records Service (NCRS) from September 2023. From now until 29th September 2023, both the SCRa portal and the NCRS portal will be accessible. Differences between the NCRS portal and the SCR portal:
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Disulfiram 200mg tablets. MSN/2023/076 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 16th August 2023 Disulfiram 200mg tablets are out of stock until late August 2023. Unlicensed supplies of Disulfiram 200mg tablets may be sourced, lead times vary. Unlicensed imports The
Read moreUpdate 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
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