Community pharmacy contractors have two weeks left to claim an Aspiration payment for the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2022/23 as the window for claiming this payment closes at 11.59pm on 4th November 2022. The Aspiration payment is optional; if contractors do not want to claim it, it will not impact on the contractor’s ability to claim
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Medroxyprogesterone (Provera®) 2.5mg and 10mg tablets. MSN/2022/074U Tier 3 – high impact Date of issue 20th October 2022 This is an update (changes in bold) to MSN/2022/074 Medroxyprogesterone (Provera®) 2.5mg tablets are out of stock until mid-November 2022 Intermittent supply of
Read moreThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (20/10/2022) granted the following list of price concessions: Drug Pack size Price concession Alendronic acid 70mg tablets 4 £7.32 Amisulpride 50mg tablets 60 £13.09 Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free 100 £2.55 Aripiprazole 10mg tablets 28 £57.57 Atenolol 50mg tablets 28 £1.70 Baclofen 5mg/5ml oral
Read moreThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (18/10/2022) granted the following initial list of price concessions: Drug Pack size Price concession Amisulpride 100mg tablets 60 £15.25 Amisulpride 200mg tablets 60 £33.92 Cyclizine 50mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules 5 £10.70 Dorzolamide 20mg/ml eye drops 5 £4.32 Duloxetine 60mg gastro-resistant capsules 28 £5.23 Escitalopram
Read moreAbbott have confirmed that the original FreeStyle Libre sensor will be discontinued in the UK by 31st December 2022. FreeStyle Libre Sensor was flagged with a three-month notice of deletion in the October Drug Tariff and is due to be deleted from Part IX of the January 2023 Drug Tariff. Contractors should note that as
Read moreThe results of the Community Pharmacy IT Group’s (CP ITG’s) IT arrangements survey have now been published. Community pharmacy teams were asked to complete the survey between late 2021 and October 2022. The survey was designed to gather information on frontline pharmacy teams’ perspectives about community pharmacy IT and their pharmacies’ IT arrangements. Some of
Read moreThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that sufficient stock of Estraderm MX® 25mcg and 100mcg patches is now available to meet normal demand. As a result the Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs), SSP035 Estraderm MX® 25mcg patches and SSP036 Estraderm MX® 100mcg patches expire at 23.59pm on Friday 14 October 2022. After
Read moreFrom tomorrow (Saturday, 15th October 2022), community pharmacy contractors can begin vaccinating 50 to 64 year olds that are NOT in a clinical risk group. This opens eligibility to around 12 million more people. Contractors are reminded that they must ensure the correct flu vaccines are being used for each patient cohort within the NHS
Read moreCommunity pharmacy contractors can now access a recording of PSNC’s recent webinar about changes to the discount deduction system. Feedback on the webinar “Very useful presentation” “Thanks – really useful webinar. We will signpost!” “Thanks for taking time to present to contractors” This week’s webinar aimed to provide contractors with a better understanding of why
Read morePSNC has today published the following resources to support community pharmacy contractors meet the requirements of the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2022/23: PQS digital guide This 30-minute digital guide talks contractors, pharmacy teams and Local Pharmaceutical Committees (LPCs) through the requirements of the Scheme. View the PQS 2022/23 digital guide PQS Action and Evidence Portfolio
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