Yearly Archives: 2022

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (25/11/2022) granted the following list of price concessions for November 2022: Drug Pack size Price concession Amoxicillin 500mg capsules 15 £1.85 Amoxicillin 500mg capsules 21 £2.59 Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules 28 £2.60 Prednisolone 5mg soluble tablets 30 £62.00 Pregabalin 25mg capsules 56 £1.69 The DHSC [...]

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To increase the security of the NHSmail system, the NHSmail team will shortly be making changes to the system that will impact users. From 1st December 2022, personal NHSmail accounts which are not used for 30 days will be marked inactive and inactive accounts which are not activated within the following 30 days will be [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Atorvastatin (Lipitor®) 20mg chewable tablets. MSN/2022/098 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 24th November 2022 Atorvastatin (Lipitor®) 20mg chewable tablets are out of stock until late December 2022. Atorvastatin 20mg film-coated tablets and atorvastatin 20mg/5ml oral suspension remain available [...]

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In response to a significant ongoing disruption to the supply of Lipitor® 20mg chewable tablets , a Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP) has been issued by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Effective today, 23 November 2022, SSP039 provides that for every Lipitor® 20mg chewable tablet originally prescribed, either one Atorvastatin 20mg tablet or the equivalent [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that sufficient stock of Estraderm MX® 50mcg patches are now available to meet normal demand. As a result the Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP), SSP037 Estraderm MX® 50mcg patches expires at 23.59pm on Wednesday 23 November 2022. After this date, any prescriptions for Estraderm MX® 50mcg [...]

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