Monthly Archives: January 2023

An evaluation of the 2018/19 and 2019/20 non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) audits has been published in the British Medical Journal Open Quality. The evaluation shows that community pharmacy teams spoke to over 165,000 patients during the two audit periods and referred more than 15,000 patients at risk of preventable harm from [...]

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Class 3 Medicines recall: Lacidipine 4 mg Film-Coated Tablets (Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (UK) Ltd) Drug alert number: EL (23)A/03 Date issued: 19 January 2023 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 3 medicines recall for: Lacidipine 4 mg Film-Coated Tablets (Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (UK) Ltd), PL 08553/0503 Brief description of [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (19/01/2023) granted the following initial list of price concessions for January 2023. Drug Pack Size Price concession Amisulpride 100mg tablets 60 £20.29 Amisulpride 200mg tablets 60 £33.92 Amisulpride 50mg tablets 60 £13.09 Amoxicillin 125mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free 100 £3.70 Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension 100 [...]

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Drug alert number: EL(23)A/02 Date issued: 18 January 2023 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 2 medicines recall for: Dioctyl 100 mg Capsules, UCB Pharma Ltd – PL 00039/0737 Batch Number Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed 22983D 30 June 2023 1 x 100 capsules 16 December 2021 Active [...]

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Leading national pharmacy bodies have agreed to work together on a programme of activities to lobby for fair NHS funding for pharmacies in England, including co-ordinating efforts to mobilise public support. The Save Our Pharmacies campaign will focus on highlighting both the pressures that pharmacies are under and the huge untapped potential of the sector [...]

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