Community pharmacy contractors are reminded of the Terms of Service requirement to ensure they verify and, where necessary, update the information contained in their NHS website profile and their Directory of Services (DoS) profile at least once each quarter* of the financial year. For the current financial quarter, the deadline for completing this is 30th September 2022. Contractor
Read moreFollowing the announcement of the CPCF arrangements for 2022/23 and 2023/24 the PSNC Committee have been grateful for the support of many of the national pharmacy bodies, LPCs and contractors. This was a difficult decision for the Committee to take, but we believe securing the £100m margin write-off and other benefits for contractors was a critical first
Read moreThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (23/09/2022) granted the following list of price concessions: Drug Pack size Price concession Aciclovir 400mg tablets 56 £3.08 Aciclovir 800mg tablets 35 £3.21 Atenolol 50mg tablets 28 £1.70 Carbocisteine 250mg/5ml oral solution 300 £5.90 Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment 4 £4.27 Cilostazol 100mg tablets 56 £14.99
Read moreInitial 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
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