A report published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pharmacy today calls for “urgent action” to relieve the significant funding and workforce pressures on community pharmacy and to deliver on the full potential of pharmacy teams. The Future of Pharmacy: Manifesto report calls for a new “strategic vision” for pharmacies and highlights the opportunity
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Senokot® syrup and Senokot® 12 Years Plus syrup (both containing 7.5mg/5ml sennosides) MSN/2023/004 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 23rd January 2023 Senokot® syrup 7.5mg/5ml syrup is out of stock until w/c 6th March 2023. Senokot® syrup 12 Years
Read moreThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has decided to reduce the Transitional Payment to zero from February 2023. PSNC’s Negotiating Team refused to accept this on the grounds that any reductions in payments at this point will be impossible for community pharmacy contractors to manage financially. We are also continuing to be clear
Read moreThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (20/01/2023) granted the following list of price concessions for January 2023. Drug Pack Size Price concession Carbocisteine 250mg/5ml oral solution 300 £8.50 Cinnarizine 15mg tablets 84 £7.51 Clarithromycin 500mg tablets 14 £10.48 Co-amoxiclav 250mg/125mg tablets 21 £3.54 Colecalciferol 1,000unit capsules 30 £8.40 Erythromycin 250mg
Read moreAn evaluation of the 2018/19 and 2019/20 non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) audits has been published in the British Medical Journal Open Quality. The evaluation shows that community pharmacy teams spoke to over 165,000 patients during the two audit periods and referred more than 15,000 patients at risk of preventable harm from
Read moreClass 3 Medicines recall: Lacidipine 4 mg Film-Coated Tablets (Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (UK) Ltd) Drug alert number: EL (23)A/03 Date issued: 19 January 2023 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 3 medicines recall for: Lacidipine 4 mg Film-Coated Tablets (Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (UK) Ltd), PL 08553/0503 Brief description of
Read moreThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (19/01/2023) granted the following initial list of price concessions for January 2023. Drug Pack Size Price concession Amisulpride 100mg tablets 60 £20.29 Amisulpride 200mg tablets 60 £33.92 Amisulpride 50mg tablets 60 £13.09 Amoxicillin 125mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free 100 £3.70 Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension 100
Read moreLeading national pharmacy bodies have agreed to work together on a programme of activities to lobby for fair NHS funding for pharmacies in England, including co-ordinating efforts to mobilise public support. The Save Our Pharmacies campaign will focus on highlighting both the pressures that pharmacies are under and the huge untapped potential of the sector
Read moreIn a statement to the House of Lords on Tuesday, Lord Markham, a Health Minister, talked about a ‘plan of using [pharmacies] more for patients [that] will put more funding their way’. He also went on to praise the sector saying they are a ‘crucial part of the front line’. This was in response to
Read moreDrug alert number: EL(23)A/02 Date issued: 18 January 2023 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 2 medicines recall for: Dioctyl 100 mg Capsules, UCB Pharma Ltd – PL 00039/0737 Batch Number Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed 22983D 30 June 2023 1 x 100 capsules 16 December 2021 Active
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