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 (18/12/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for December 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Ascorbic acid 200mg tablets 28 £56.45 Calcipotriol 0.005% / Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05%
Read moreCommunity Pharmacy England is working to improve outcomes for the sector in everything we do. As part of our work to influence Government and NHS policy in favour of community pharmacy we have continued working to build advocates for the sector. This includes working with MPs, health charities, patient groups, think tanks, and the media,
Read moreAhead of the 31st December 2024 deadline*, we would like to remind pharmacy owners of the need to update NHS Profile Manager each quarter to ensure that their pharmacy’s NHS website and Directory of Service (DoS) profile information is up to date. The NHS Terms of Service require pharmacy owners to check that their opening hours, contact
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 (13/12/2024) announced the following initial list of price concessions for December 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Apixaban 2.5mg tablets 60 £3.02 Apixaban 5mg tablets 56 £2.90 Carbimazole
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Cefalexin 125mg/5ml and 250mg/5ml oral suspensions, sugar free MSN/2024/113 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 13th December 2024 Cefalexin 125mg/5ml and 250mg/5ml oral suspension (sugar free) are out of stock until mid-2025 Cefalexin 125mg/5ml and 250mg/5ml oral suspension (non
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Insulatard® (isophane insulin, human) Penfill® 100units/ml suspension for injection 3ml cartridges TO NOTE: This is the second of three MSNs covering discontinuations of Novo Nordisk insulin products (NovoRapid® FlexTouch®, Insulatard® Penfill® and all Levemir® presentations). A third MSN will provide clinical
Read moreA new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 18 Issue 5 December 2024) has been published and includes articles on: Letters and medicine recalls sent to healthcare professionals in November 2024 To see the latest MHRA Drug Safety Updates in full, visit the GOV.uk website. The post MHRA Drug Safety Update: December 2024
Read moreIn response to a significant ongoing disruption to the supply of Cefalexin 125mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free and Cefalexin 250mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free, two Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP) has been issued by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Effective today 10 December 2024, SSP077 provides that for every 5 ml of Cefalexin 125mg/5ml
Read moreNHS England and Community Pharmacy England recommend that pharmacy team members with NHS Smartcards consider taking the following actions to support ongoing use of their smartcards. If your smartcard or role on your smartcard was set up a long time ago, there may be an action for you to update it to keep it working.
Read moreDrug alert number: EL (24)A/62 Date issued: 9 December 2024 Wockhardt UK Limited is recalling this batch as a precautionary measure following the identification of a low number of units which may have a defect in the ‘top case’ resulting in a dose not being able to be dispensed. WockAIR 160 microgram/4.5 microgram, inhalation powder,
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