A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 15 Issue 9 April 2022) has been published and includes articles on: Pregabalin (Lyrica): findings of safety study on risks during pregnancy COVID-19 vaccines and medicines: updates for April 2022 Letters and medicine recalls sent to healthcare professionals in January 2022 To
Read morePSNC will shortly begin formal processes to seek a new North-East and Cumbria Regional Representative following the resignation of Mark Burdon from the Committee. A representative of independent contractors in the following LPC areas will be sought: · Community Pharmacy County Durham · Community Pharmacy Cumbria · Gateshead & South Tyneside LPC · North of
Read more
Community pharmacy contractors are now required to start submitting their completed New Medicine Service (NMS) summary data to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) each quarter. This requirement was suspended due to the pandemic, but the requirement has now been re-instated. This means that contractors must submit data to the NHSBSA within 10 working days
Read more
Following the launch of the new personal protective equipment (PPE) ordering portal, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has advised that the old PPE portal platform will be closing on 26th April 2022. Community pharmacy contractors who have used the old PPE portal platform, should have received an email to their pharmacy’s NHSmail
Read more
We are pleased to announce that the new PSNC website is now live and in its final testing phase. For a period of several weeks starting today, on entering the PSNC website visitors will be invited to either continue using the existing site or to switch to using the new site instead. We would greatly
Read more
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 April 2022. Single Activity Fee The value of the Single Activity Fee will revert to £1.27 from 1st April 2022. For more information see
Read more
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has provided the following updates on the Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) for Salazopyrin® EN-Tabs 500mg (SSP014) and Lipitor® 20mg chewable tablets (SSP017). Salazopyrin® EN-Tabs 500mg (SSP014) Due to the improving supply situation for Salazopyrin® EN-Tabs 500mg, the expiry date for SSP014 has been brought forward. SSP014 was
Read more
NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) is holding an online event on Wednesday 6th April 2022 between 5-6pm about the current, dedicated health and wellbeing support offers available to colleagues working in primary care. All community pharmacy colleagues are invited, as well as other primary care colleagues, with the event having a particular focus on
Read more
Pharmacy contractors who normally send their end of month submission bundle to the NHS Business Services Authority’s (NHSBSA’s) Wakefield Processing Centre will have received communication regarding its relocation and notice that from 1st April 2022 (for prescriptions dispensed in March 2022) bundles will need to be submitted to NHSBSA’s new Newcastle office for processing (see
Read more
Over 10,700 pharmacy contractors who declared their March 2022 FP34C submission figures through the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal by 5 April 2022 will receive earlier advance payments on Monday 11 April 2022 (circa 20 days earlier than the normal advance payment timetable). These contractors will receive a letter from the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA
Read more
