Monthly Archives: August 2022

New arrangements for the application of discount deduction to community pharmacy payments have been agreed by PSNC and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). The new discount deduction system will see the current single scale split into three groups: one each for generic medicines, branded medicines, and appliances. Separate fixed deduction rates have been [...]

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Community pharmacy contractors only have a few days left to complete the Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) screening questionnaire before the deadline of midnight on Wednesday 31st August 2022.   Community pharmacy contractors are reminded that as a result of NHS regulations introduced at the end of 2020, completion of CPAF is now a requirement of the [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Methylprednisolone (Medrone®) 4mg tablets. MSN/2022/072 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 25th August 2022 Methylprednisolone (Medrone®) 4mg tablets will be out of stock from 15th September 2022 until mid-January 2023. Methylprednisolone (Medrone®) 2mg tablets remain available but cannot support [...]

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A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 16 Issue 1 August 2022) has been published and includes articles on: Nebulised asthma rescue therapy in children: home use of nebulisers in paediatric asthma should be initiated and managed only by specialists COVID-19 vaccines and medicines: updates for August 2022 Letters [...]

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