The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that from 1st April 2023, the NHS prescription charge will increase to £9.65 per prescription item (note: some items may incur more than one charge). Amendments to the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations have been laid before Parliament which will introduce changes
Read moreElections for the non-CCA Multiple Representatives and Regional Representatives will start today. Voting contractors are being sent an email to either the head office contact or premises shared NHSmail address detailing who is standing for election and a unique link to the voting portal. Below is the list of candidates in each of the four
Read moreClass 4 Medicines Defect Information: Clexane 10,000 IU (100mg) / 1ml Syringes (Star Pharmaceuticals Ltd) Drug alert number: EL (23)A/08 Date issued: 9 March 2023 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Clexane 10,000 IU (100mg) / 1ml Syringes (Star Pharmaceuticals Ltd), PLPI 20636/1822
Read moreBy 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. If contractors have conducted the audit but did not identify any patients to participate in the audit, they are
Read moreThe 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
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