Monthly Archives: September 2022

PSNC is escalating its concerns about the process for setting price concessions to senior Government officials responsible for medicines supply, warning that the system is not working in the current environment from a community pharmacy contractor perspective. When a new Government takes over next week, this will be one of several urgent topics being raised [...]

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Following applications made by PSNC to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), a further 15 new products entered the list of ‘Drugs for which Discount is Not Deducted’ (DND) in Part II of the Drug Tariff from 1 September 2022: For a list of all the [...]

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Following representations from PSNC, the Department of Health of Social Care (DHSC) has re-determined the special container status of the following products to be supplied as complete packs: Cycloserine 250mg capsules Efmody 5mg modified-release capsules Efmody 10mg modified-release capsules From September 2022, these products have been re-classified as special containers as they meet the relevant [...]

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Community pharmacy contractors are advised to dispatch their paper prescriptions for August to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) no later than the 5th of September, to mitigate against planned strike action by the Communication Workers Union (CWU). The paper prescription bundle should be sent together with the Account Identifier Document to the relevant pricing [...]

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Health Education England (HEE) have launched the Newly Qualified Pharmacist pathway for 2022/2023. It aims to link the initial education and training reforms to a continuum of development into post-registration to provide a smoother transition into being an independent practitioner. There are four core elements of the pathway: Access to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) [...]

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