Department 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
Read moreAs a further update to our article about Monday 19th September being declared a Bank Holiday at short notice, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer David Webb has issued a statement about the dispensing of controlled drugs in instalments. This makes provision for pharmacists to make instalment supplies in advance of the Bank Holiday, at their discretion. “Opioid
Read moreAs a further update to our article about Monday 19th September being declared a Bank Holiday at short notice, NHS England has confirmed that all community pharmacies’ Directory of Service (DoS) and NHS website entries will automatically be set to show all pharmacies as closed on this date. Advice on the action required is provided below. It is
Read moreClass 4 Medicines Defect Information: Atorvastatin 4mg/ml Oral Suspension & Sildenafil 10mg/ml Oral Suspension (Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Ltd) Drug alert number: EL (22)A/39 Date issued: 14 September 2022 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Atorvastatin 4mg/ml Oral Suspension PL 00427/0256 Batch Number Expiry Date
Read moreFollowing the announcement of a new discount deduction system, PSNC has developed a webtool to help community pharmacy contractors estimate the impact on their payments. The calculator aims to illustrate the changes to discount deduction that a pharmacy could experience during the transition to the new arrangements from October 2022 to January 2024, when the
Read moreCommunity pharmacy contractors can now access a recording of PSNC’s recent webinar on price concessions. Around 750 people registered for last week’s webinar which aimed to provide contractors with a better understanding of how the price concession system operates and PSNC’s work in this area. Nine in ten said they would recommend the webinar to
Read moreFollowing the sad death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, her state funeral is on Monday 19th September. To help the nation pay its respects, the day has been declared a Bank Holiday. NHS England has discussed with PSNC how this will impact community pharmacy and is in the process of sending a letter to
Read moreClass 4 Medicines Defect Information: Bezalip Mono 400mg Tablets (Quadrant Pharmaceuticals Limited) Drug alert number: EL (22)A/38 Date issued: 12 September 2022 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Bezalip Mono 400mg Tablets (Quadrant Pharmaceuticals Limited) PLPI 20774/0036 Batch Number Expiry Date Pack Size
Read moreThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that sufficient stock of Lipitor® 10mg chewable tablets is now available to meet normal demand. As a result the Serious Shortage Protocol, SSP032 Lipitor® 10mg chewable tablets expires at 23.59pm on Friday 9 September 2022. After this date, any prescriptions for Lipitor® 10mg chewable tablets must be
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