The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (29/07/2025) confirmed the following list of price concessions for July 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Buprenorphine 2mg sublingual tablets sugar free 7 £2.20 Clarithromycin 250mg/5ml oral suspension 70 £10.51 Co-codamol 30mg/500mg effervescent tablets 32 £2.39 Co-codamol 30mg/500mg effervescent tablets 100 £7.47 Exemestane 25mg tablets 30 £14.75
Read moreCommunity Pharmacy England on behalf of pharmacy owners made further applications to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), resulting in a further 8 new products being added to the ‘Drugs for which Discount is Not Deducted’ (DND) list from 1 August 2025. This takes the total
Read moreThe Drug Tariff Preface published monthly, lists additions, deletions and other changes to products listed in the Drug Tariff. Below is a summary of the changes coming into effect from 1 August 2025. Key g Special container – This product is a special container and should be dispensed in its complete original pack size. n Item requiring reconstitution
Read moreThe NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) produces a quarterly newsletter called “Hints & Tips for dispensing contractors”. The latest edition (Issue 60) contains some useful information and advice on: CPAF screening questionnaire closes Thursday 31 July 2025 NHS Pharmacy First Service: fixed payment arrangement and capping changes NHS Pharmacy First Service: claim window changes Help
Read moreMHRA Class 2 Medicines Recall: ChloraPrep 1mL Clear Sterile Solution/Applicator (Becton Dickinson UK Ltd) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/36 Date issued: 28 July 2025 Becton Dickinson UK Ltd has informed the MHRA that some units exhibit an open seal on the packaging of the applicator. This is linked to the Class 2 Medicines Notification EL(25)A/22. This
Read morePharmacy owners in Yorkshire and Humber are advised of an upcoming change to Primary Care Support England (PCSE) deliveries. PCSE has written to ICBs in Yorkshire and Humber to announce a pilot where GPs and pharmacies will be selected to trial fortnightly scheduled collections/deliveries, starting in August 2025. They have advised that the collection/delivery day
Read moreThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (25/07/2025) confirmed the following list of price concessions for July 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Amiodarone 200mg tablets 28 £5.39 Ascorbic acid 500mg tablets 28 £42.99 Bumetanide 1mg tablets 28 £2.99 Desogestrel 75microgram tablets 84 £2.70 Esomeprazole 40mg gastro-resistant capsules 28 £2.80 Fenofibrate micronised 267mg capsules
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MHRA Class 2 Medicines Recall: Flutiform 250 micrograms / 10 micrograms per actuation pressurised inhalation, suspension (CD Pharma Ltd) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/35 Date issued: 24 July 2025 CD Pharma Ltd have notified the MHRA of an error on the outer carton of the product for the batches listed in this notification. While the total
Read moreThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for the following product: Isosorbide mononitrate 10mg tablets (immediate-release) MSN/2025/047 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 24/07/2025 Isosorbide mononitrate 10mg immediate-release (IR) tablets are in limited supply until early September 2025 Alternative strengths of isosorbide mononitrate IR tablets remain
Read moreThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for the following products: Hypurin® Porcine Isophane (insulin isophane porcine) 100units/ml suspension for injection 10ml vials Hypurin® Porcine Neutral (insulin soluble porcine) 100units/ml solution for injection 10ml vials Hypurin® Porcine 30/70 Mix (insulin isophane biphasic porcine 30/70) 100units/ml suspension for injection
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