Yearly Archives: 2022

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (28/10/2022) granted the following list of price concessions: Drug Pack size Price concession Amoxicillin 500mg capsules 15 £1.42 Amoxicillin 500mg capsules 21 £1.99 Carvedilol 6.25mg tablets 28 £1.22 Colecalciferol 1,000unit capsules 30 £7.95 Fluoxetine 10mg capsules 30 £27.26 Gabapentin 400mg capsules 100 £4.10 Prednisolone 5mg [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Ofloxacin 200mg tablets. MSN/2022/091 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 27th October 2022 Ofloxacin 200mg tablets are out of stock from mid-November until mid-December 2022. Alternative fluoroquinolone antibiotics are available and can support a full uplift in demand. If alternative [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Fentanyl (Effentora® ) 200 microgram and 400 microgram buccal tablets. MSN/2022/090 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 27th October 2022 Effentora® 200 microgram buccal tablets are out of stock until late November 2022 and Effentora® 400 microgram buccal tablets are [...]

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As part of business continuity arrangements, community pharmacy contractors are reminded that they can sign up for the Priority Services Register to boost their business continuity arrangements further. The Priority Services Register is run by the UK’s utility companies. Inclusion on this register should mean your pharmacy has priority access to electricity, water and gas supplies. [...]

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Drug alert number: EL (22) A/46 Date issued: 27th October 2022 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 3 medicines recall for: Mebeverine hydrochloride 135mg Film-coated tablets (Medreich PLC) – PL 21880/0247 Batch Number Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed B11539 11/2024 100 tablets 25 August 2022 Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient: [...]

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