Monthly Archives: August 2022

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Company led medicines recall: Sodium Chloride Eye Drops 5% 1x10ml (unlicensed medicine) Stockport Pharmaceuticals

CLMR number: CLMR (22)A/06 Date issued: 8th August 2022 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a company-led drug recall for: Sodium Chloride Eye Drops 5% 1x10ml (unlicensed medicine) Stockport Pharmaceuticals. Batch number Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed C104308 27/04/2023 10ml 09/06/2021 Active ingredient: Sodium Chloride Stockport Pharmaceuticals are recalling the [...]

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CPAF screening process – open for a few more weeks

Community pharmacy contractors are reminded that they have until midnight on Wednesday 31st August 2022 to complete the 2022/23 Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) screening questionnaire.   As a result of NHS regulations introduced at the end of 2020, completion of CPAF is now a requirement of the Terms of Service. Therefore, contractors must complete the screening [...]

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Managing a temporary pharmacy closure

If an emergency situation means a pharmacy needs to close for a short period, there are actions a contractor needs to undertake to ensure patients are able to access their prescriptions and that the contractor’s business can resume easily and effectively once the emergency has passed. The following PSNC Briefing provides guidance on planning which [...]

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NHS 111 referrals outage

NHS England has informed PSNC that there is currently (5th August 2022) an IT system outage with the Adastra system, used by many NHS 111 service providers across England. This is affecting services that receive electronic referrals and bookings from NHS 111, including referrals to the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS). Each region of England [...]

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28 products added to the Discount Not Deducted (DND) list from August 2022

Following applications made by PSNC to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), a further 28 new products entered the list of ‘Drugs for which Discount is Not Deducted’ (DND) in Part II of the Drug Tariff from 1 August 2022: For a list of all the monthly [...]

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