As part of the joint #SaveOurPharmacies campaign, the national pharmacy bodies have arranged for an A2 window poster to be sent to community pharmacies. The striking window posters are being distributed to all community pharmacies in England in the latest editions of Pharmacy Magazine and P3pharmacy. Pharmacy Magazine’s March edition will hit pharmacy doormats early
Read moreFollowing representation from PSNC, the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has added the ‘Caution – AMP level prescribing advised’ marker to oral Tacrolimus products on the Dictionary of medicines and devices (dm+d). This is in line with the MHRA guidance that oral Tacrolimus products should be prescribed and dispensed by brand name only, to minimise
Read moreDrug alert number: EL(23)A/12 Date issued: 23 March 2023 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 2 medicines recall for: GONAPEPTYL Depot 3.75mg powder and solvent for suspension for injection (Ferring Pharmaceuticals Limited) Batch number Expiry date Pack size First distributed T16656K Mar 2024 1 19 May 2022 U11271E Jun
Read moreEngland’s community pharmacies received strong Parliamentary backing yesterday with 15 MPs represented at a PSNC-coordinated roundtable, as part of the wider Save Our Pharmacies campaign. Sector leaders attended the summit, which was chaired by Stephen Hammond MP, to brief MPs on the severe challenges facing the sector. The attendees included: Janet Morrison Chief Executive, PSNC
Read more6,514 contractors have submitted their valproate audit data; have you submitted your data yet? By 31st March 2023, all community pharmacy contractors must have completed the 2022/23 national clinical audit on valproate over a six-week consecutive period and have submitted their data via the Valproate audit 2022/23 tab on MYS. This is a mandatory contractual
Read moreThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (22/03/2023) granted the following list of price concessions for March 2023. Drug Pack size Price concession Bisoprolol 2.5mg tablets 28 £1.18 Calcipotriol 0.005% / Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05% ointment 30 £10.29 Clarithromycin 250mg/5ml oral suspension 70 £5.54 Clotrimazole 1% cream 20 £2.29 Co-codamol 30mg/500mg effervescent tablets 32
Read moreNHS England (NHSE) has published a report on the high risk medicines audit* from the 2019/20 Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS). 10,673 (90%) community pharmacy contractors participated in the audit and 40,419 patients were audited. This audit shows that pharmacists and pharmacy teams have a very important role in ensuring that high risk medicines are understood
Read moreDrug alert number: EL(23)A/11 Date issued: 21 March 2023 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 2 medicines recall for: Sildenafil 10mg/ml Oral Suspension (Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Ltd) – PL 00427/0258 Batch Number Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed SLD22002 April 2025 122ml June 2022 Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients: Sildenafil (as Citrate)
Read moreCommunity pharmacies received strong backing today in the House of Lords, with a number of Peers speaking out in support of pharmacies and others asking when Government would address the current crisis in the sector. The House of Lords oral questions session was opened by Baroness Hodgson on behalf of Baroness Cumberlege as follows: “To
Read moreContractors are currently voting in four PSNC regional representative ballots and PSNC’s (national) non-CCA Multiple representatives ballot. We have been requesting for contractors to make their vote as soon as possible before the voting deadlines. The voting allocations for the ballots are based on records of contractors’ NHS pharmacy premises and earlier this year contractors
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