The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has published a spreadsheet showing which community pharmacy contractors have made a referral to the NHS Digital Weight Management Programme (DWMP) as part of the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2022/23. To gain the maximum number of points and to meet the Referral stage of the Healthy living support domain,
Read moreThe NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has updated their New Medicine Service (NMS) and antibiotic review spreadsheets for the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2022/23. New Medicine Service spreadsheet To meet the Advanced services gateway criterion, community pharmacy contractors are required to have delivered a minimum of 20 NMS between 1st April 2022 and end of
Read moreA Save Our Pharmacies campaign website has been created by leading national pharmacy bodies, to give new focus to calls for fair pharmacy funding in England. It is the latest output of a joint programme of work being coordinated by PSNC, CCA, AIM and the NPA. It comes the same day the group launched a
Read moreClass 4 Medicines Defect Information: Methadone 1mg/mL Oral Solution BP – Sugar Free, Methadone Mixture 1mg/ml (Thornton & Ross Ltd) Drug alert number: EL (23)A/07 Date issued: 7 March 2023 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Methadone 1mg/mL Oral Solution BP – Sugar
Read moreThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has introduced new pharmaceutical regulations, to take effect on 1 April 2023, to accompany the introduction of the HRT PPC. They are within the National Health Service (Amendments Relating to Pre-Payment Certificates, Hormone Replacement Therapy Treatments and Medicines Shortages) Regulations 2023. The HRT PPC is a new,
Read moreWe have now collated the formal nominations submitted from all those standing for election as an Independent regional representative or a non-CCA Multiple representative on PSNC (Community Pharmacy England). Independent Regional Representative Elections: In four of the ten PSNC regions more than one valid nomination was received, and a ballot will be held. These regions
Read moreFollowing representations from PSNC, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that the following products have been granted upward retrospective pricing adjustments due to out of date product and/or pricing information held on NHS dictionary of medicines and devices (dm+d): To apply for June 2022 prescriptions: Aptamil® Anti-Reflux powder (800 gram) –
Read moreDrug alert number: EL(23)A/06 Date issued: 2 March 2023 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 2 medicines recall for: Levothyroxine 12.5mcg Tablets (Teva UK Limited) – PL 00289/1971 Batch Number Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed 214052 10 2023 28 tablets 20 July 2022 Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients: Levothyroxine Sodium
Read moreCommunity pharmacy contractors are reminded that they have until 11.59pm on Friday (3rd March 2023) to make their Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2022/23 declaration through the MYS portal, as the window for claiming this payment will then close. Contractors must have evidence to demonstrate meeting the gateway criteria and the domains that they have claimed for by
Read moreThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (28/02/2023) granted the following final list of price concessions for February 2023: Drug Pack size Price concession Amiloride 5mg tablets 28 £13.15 Bisoprolol 2.5mg tablets 28 £1.10 Bumetanide 1mg/5ml oral solution sugar free 150 £235.00 Calamine lotion 200 £1.51 Carvedilol 6.25mg tablets 28 £1.35 Chlorphenamine
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