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- 9TH JANUARY 2025
MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Rabeprazole sodium 10mg and 20mg gastro-resistant tablets (Bristol Laboratories Limited)
MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Rabeprazole sodium 10mg and 20mg gastro-resistant tablets (Bristol Laboratories Limited) Drug alert number: EL (25)A/01 Date issued: 09 January 2025 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Rabeprazole sodium 10mg and 20mg gastro-resistant tablets (Bristol Laboratories Limited) DMRC
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- 9TH JANUARY 2025
TriOn Pharma recalls Vitamin D3 2000iu/ml supplements because of excess levels of Vitamin D3
Date issued: 8 January 2025 TriOn Pharma is recalling two food supplement products. Aactive D3 Drops and Aactive D3 Solution because they contain higher levels of vitamin D3 than written on the label. Aactive D3 2,000iu/ml Oral Drops Batch No Expiry Date Pack Size LS23317 November 2025 20ml Aactive D3 2,000iu/ml Oral Solution Batch No
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- Community Pharmacy England News
- 8TH JANUARY 2025
Parliamentarians continue to voice their support for pharmacies
Following on from much Parliamentary activity before Christmas, such as the debate on pharmacy funding in the South West and the Health secretary’s appearance before the Health Committee, MPs are continuing to highlight the serious challenges pharmacies face and to call for support for the sector. Debate on NHS backlogs On Monday, in a debate
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- Community Pharmacy England News
- 27TH DECEMBER 2024
Extended FP34C submission deadline for prescriptions dispensed in December 2024
With New Year’s Day (1 January 2025) occurring in the first five days of the FP34C submission window, pharmacy owners will have an extra day, until the end of 6 January 2025, to submit their December FP34Cs using the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal and to dispatch their prescription bundle to the relevant pricing division
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- 24TH DECEMBER 2024
8 products added to the Discount Not Deducted (DND) list from January 2025
Community 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 January 2025. This takes the total
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- 23RD DECEMBER 2024
December 2024 Price Concessions 4th Update
Following 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 (23/12/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for December 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Amantadine 100mg capsules 56 £12.75 Aqueous cream 500 £5.17 Ascorbic acid 100mg tablets
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- 23RD DECEMBER 2024
Drug Tariff Watch – January 2025
The 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 January 2025. From 1 January 2025, Original Pack Dispensing (+/-10% OPD) rules have been introduced in The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) (Amendment) (No. 2)
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- 23RD DECEMBER 2024
January 2025 Category M prices announced
The Drug Tariff Category M pricelist for January 2025 has been published on the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) website. Based on our analysis of the Category M price list for January 2025, Community Pharmacy England estimates there will be an overall reduction in reimbursement of approximately -£34m per quarter, resulting from the combination of: A
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- 20TH DECEMBER 2024
December 2024 Price Concessions 3rd Update
Following 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 (20/12/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for December 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Alendronic acid 70mg/100ml oral solution unit dose sugar free 4 £28.78 Alfuzosin
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- 20TH DECEMBER 2024
Our response to the DHSC announcement on General Practice investment and changes for 2025/26
Trade press Responding to a Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announcement about investment into, and changes for, General Practice for the financial year 2025/26, Community Pharmacy England Chief Executive Janet Morrison said: “It is extraordinary that the Government has announced what looks to be a generous investment in General Practice for 2025/26 before
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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Rabeprazole sodium 10mg and 20mg gastro-resistant tablets (Bristol Laboratories Limited)

TriOn Pharma recalls Vitamin D3 2000iu/ml supplements because of excess levels of Vitamin D3

Parliamentarians continue to voice their support for pharmacies

Extended FP34C submission deadline for prescriptions dispensed in December 2024

8 products added to the Discount Not Deducted (DND) list from January 2025

December 2024 Price Concessions 4th Update

Drug Tariff Watch – January 2025

January 2025 Category M prices announced

December 2024 Price Concessions 3rd Update

Our response to the DHSC announcement on General Practice investment and changes for 2025/26

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