Initial details of the new Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) for this year were released earlier today, as part of the arrangements for the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) in 2022/23 and 2023/24. PSNC, the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England have agreed the arrangements for the 2022/23 PQS, as well as those
Read morePSNC, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England have agreed the arrangements for the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) in 2022/23 and 2023/24. Although the agreement is in line with the five-year CPCF deal, it includes an extension of the Transitional Payment to recognise ongoing pressures and a one-off £100 million
Read moreThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (21/09/2022) granted the following list of price concessions: Drug Pack size Price concession Exemestane 25mg tablets 30 £17.70 Ezetimibe 10mg tablets 28 £2.60 Famotidine 20mg tablets 28 £19.40 Famotidine 40mg tablets 28 £32.95 Febuxostat 80mg tablets 28 £3.05 Finasteride 5mg tablets 28 £6.51 Flucloxacillin 500mg
Read morePSNC met last week (14th and 15th September) to consider practical steps to ease the pressures on the community pharmacy sector, and to oversee the progress of negotiations on the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) and other work. Committee Members, as pharmacy contractors, shared their experiences of the current pressures on all contractors, including the
Read moreClass 2 Medicines Recall: Sandimmun Oral Solution (Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK) Drug alert number: EL(22)A/40 Date issued: 20 September 2022 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 2 medicines recall for: Sandimmun Oral Solution PL 00101/0124 Batch Number Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed ADP326002 November 2024 50ml 06/05/2022 Active Pharmaceutical
Read moreThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (20/09/2022) granted the following initial list of price concessions: Drug Pack size Price concession Alendronic acid 70mg tablets 4 £11.45 Amisulpride 100mg tablets 60 £13.94 Amisulpride 200mg tablets 60 £28.57 Amisulpride 50mg tablets 60 £9.20 Amorolfine 5% medicated nail lacquer 5 £7.34 Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral
Read moreWorkforce challenges are currently adversely impacting most sectors of the UK economy, but they are being particularly acutely felt within community pharmacy with serious consequences for pharmacy contractors. PSNC and the other national pharmacy bodies have called for improved workforce planning to be undertaken by the Government and NHS, but for this to happen, high
Read morePSNC has today published an update on the work it is doing as part of the Transforming Pharmacy Representation (TAPR) Programme to take forward the mandate from contractors to deliver the Review Steering Group (RSG) recommendations. The update is primarily aimed at LPCs – with whom PSNC has been working closely on some of the
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Temazepam 10mg and 20mg tablets. MSN/2022/078 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 15th September 2022 Temazepam 10mg and 20mg tablets are in limited supply until w/c 5th December 2022 Alternative benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics remain available and will be
Read moreMike Dent (Director of Pharmacy Funding) and Jack Cresswell (Funding Strategy Manager), will be hosting a PSNC webinar about changes to the discount deduction system on Wednesday 12th October at 7.30pm. The discount deduction scale has been a point of contention for community pharmacy contractors for many years, and PSNC has been pushing to remedy
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