Monthly Archives: August 2022

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Reminder:  Update NHS website and DoS profile

Community pharmacy contractors are reminded of the Terms of Service requirement to ensure they verify and, where necessary, update the information contained in their NHS website profile and their Directory of Services (DoS) profile at least once each quarter* of the financial year. For the current financial quarter, the deadline for completing this is 30th September 2022. Contractor [...]

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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Rosuvastatin 5 mg, 10 mg and 20 mg film-coated tablets

Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Rosuvastatin 5 mg, 10 mg and 20 mg film-coated tablets (Accord) Drug alert number: EL (22)A/35 Date issued: 17 August 2022 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Rosuvastatin 5 mg film-coated tablets PL 20075/0402 Batch Number Expiry Date [...]

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Flu vac: changes to training requirements for 2022/23

Community pharmacy contractors are required to demonstrate that all vaccinators (including pharmacists) providing the flu vaccination service in their pharmacy have the skills needed to do so. From the 2022/23 flu vaccination season, pharmacists and other vaccinators providing the Flu Vaccination Service now only need to attend face-to-face training for both injection technique and basic [...]

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Flu vac: service spec published

The flu vaccination service specification has been published by NHS England; The national Patient Group Direction (PGD) and a national protocol to support provision of flu vaccinations will be published shortly; The service will commence on Thursday 1st September 2022; Training requirements have been updated to allow more flexibility for contractors and pharmacists; and Claims [...]

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August 2022 Price Concessions 1st Update

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (16/08/2022) granted the following initial list of price concessions: Drug Pack size Price concession Aciclovir 400mg tablets 56 £3.08 Alendronic acid 70mg tablets 4 £13.20 Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free 100 £1.99 Brimonidine 0.2% eye drops 5 £5.11 Chlorpromazine 100mg tablets 28 £29.32 Citalopram [...]

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