The following price concessions granted in March 2025 have rolled over to April 2025: Drug Pack size March 2025 price concession Fusidic acid 1% modified-release eye drops 5 £21.00 Oxybutynin 2.5mg tablets 56 £1.11 Timolol 0.5% eye drops 5 £1.63 Venlafaxine 300mg modified-release tablets 30 £43.09 Please note any rolled over prices can be adjusted
Read moreDrug alert number: EL (25)A/13 Date issued: 01 April 2025 Uni Health Distribution Ltd has informed the MHRA of a typographical error on the approved carton overlabel for certain batches of Utrogestan Vaginal 200 mg Capsules. The carton label references ‘micrograms’ where it should actually state ‘milligrams’. Utrogestan Vaginal 200 mg Capsules, PLPI 45396/0316 Batch
Read moreThe Lateral flow device tests supply service for patients potentially eligible for COVID-19 treatments (LFD service) will continue to be commissioned as an Advanced service through 2025/26. NHS England has also confirmed the fee for provision of the service will increase to £4.10 + VAT from 1st April 2025, following a request from Community Pharmacy
Read moreFrom 1 April 2025, Progesterone micronised 200mg capsules (Gepretix®) has been added to the list of medicines covered by the HRT prepayment certificate (HRT PPC). This change has been reflected in Part XVI of the April 2025 Drug Tariff and on the NHSBSA’s website. Community Pharmacy England has also updated its HRT medicines list to
Read moreLagevrio has been deleted from Part VIIIC of the April 2025 Drug Tariff. This follows confirmation from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Specialist Pharmacy Service that all remaining supplies of Government procured COVID-19 antiviral medicine Molnupiravir 200mg capsules (Lagevrio®) expired on 31 March 2025. Lagevrio® remains available for pharmacies to order
Read moreFollowing discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (31/03/2025) announced the following final list of price concessions for March 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Ascorbic acid 500mg tablets 28 £36.08 Captopril 50mg tablets 56 £23.50
Read moreFollowing representations from Community Pharmacy England, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has re-determined that the following products will be granted special container status as complete pack sizes from April 2025: Cetraxal® 2mg/ml ear drops 0.25ml unit dose (Aspire Pharma Ltd) Cetraxal® Plus 3mg/ml + 0.25mg/ml ear drops 0.25ml unit dose (Aspire Pharma
Read moreMHRA Class 4 Medicines Notification: Sirdupla 25 microgram/250 microgram per metered dose pressurised inhalation, suspension (Cross Healthcare Limited) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/12 Date issued: 31 March 2025 Cross Healthcare Limited has informed the MHRA that there is a printing defect on the outer labels for the Sirdupla 25 microgram/250 microgram per metered dose pressurised inhalation,
Read moreCommunity Pharmacy England would like to remind pharmacy teams of the Appliances to be deleted from Part IX of the April Drug Tariff. Any NHS prescriptions for the following appliances dispensed from April will be disallowed by the NHSBSA. Product Additional information (size, product code etc) APPLIANCES – CATHETERS, URINARY, URETHRAL – Foley Catheter –
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 April 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
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