Community Pharmacy England last week briefed Conservative MPs on the unlocked potential of community pharmacies to help with prevention and tackling the burden of long-term conditions, if the current pressures on the sector can be eased. The event brought together a small group of influential and supportive MPs with community pharmacy owners, our Chief Executive
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Salbutamol 2.5mg/2.5ml and 5mg/2.5ml nebuliser liquid unit dose vials MSN/2024/021 Tier 3 – high impact Date of issue 21st February 2024 Link: Medicines Supply Tool Summary Salbutamol 2.5mg/2.5ml and 5mg/2.5ml nebuliser liquid is in very limited supply with a resolution date
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Lisdexamfetamine (Elvanse®) capsules. MSN/2024/019 Tier 3 – high impact Date of issue 13th February 2024 There will be intermittent supply of all strengths of lisdexamfetamine (Elvanse®) capsules until April 2024. Supplies of various strengths of Elvanse® will be available at different
Read moreDrug alert number: EL (24)A/05 Date issued: 12 February 2024 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 3 medicines recall for: Ramipril 1.25mg tablets (Torrent Pharma (UK) Limited) PL 36687/0222 SNOMED Code: 36834211000001109 Batch Number Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed MG21264 29/02/2024 28 tablets 13/12/2021 MG21334 31/03/2024 28 tablets
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 (13/02/2024) announced the following initial list of price concessions for February 2024. Drug Pack size Price concession Atorvastatin 80mg tablets 28 £2.64 Azithromycin 250mg capsules 6 £4.67 Bimatoprost
Read moreCommunity Pharmacy England has published new guidance to help community pharmacy owners complete the latest Data Security and Protection Toolkit. The Toolkit is used to make a pharmacy’s information governance (IG) declaration and must be completed by Sunday 30th June 2024. Community Pharmacy England has collaborated with the NHS DSPTK team to keep the workload
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for: Formoterol (Oxis® 6 Turbohaler) 6micrograms/dose dry powder inhaler. MSN/2024/018 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 12th February 2024 Formoterol (Oxis® 6 Turbohaler) 6micrograms/dose dry powder inhalers are out of stock until mid March 2024. Formoterol (Oxis® 12 Turbohaler) 12micrograms/dose
Read moreAs pharmacy owners and their teams continue to implement the Pharmacy First service, we have been responding to lots of your questions relating to the service at our recent online drop-in events, with the most frequently asked being added to our Pharmacy First FAQ webpage. A selection of new questions added to the page can
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for: Flixotide® (fluticasone) 50 micrograms/dose Evohaler MSN/2024/014 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 8th February 2024 Flixotide® (fluticasone) 50 micrograms/dose Evohaler is out of stock until early March 2024. Flixotide® (fluticasone) 50 micrograms/dose Accuhaler remains available and can support a
Read moreDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Oxcarbazepine 150mg and 300mg tablets. MSN/2024/016 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 8th February 2024 Oxcarbazepine 150mg tablets (Viatris) are out of stock until late March 2024 Oxcarbazepine 150mg tablets (Trileptal®) remain available, however, cannot support the full increase
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