Monthly Archives: March 2023

NHS England (NHSE) has published a report on the high risk medicines audit* from the 2019/20 Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS). 10,673 (90%) community pharmacy contractors participated in the audit and 40,419 patients were audited. This audit shows that pharmacists and pharmacy teams have a very important role in ensuring that high risk medicines are understood [...]

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Drug alert number: EL(23)A/11 Date issued: 21 March 2023 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 2 medicines recall for: Sildenafil 10mg/ml Oral Suspension (Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Ltd) – PL 00427/0258 Batch Number Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed SLD22002 April 2025 122ml June 2022 Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients: Sildenafil (as Citrate) [...]

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Community pharmacies received strong backing today in the House of Lords, with a number of Peers speaking out in support of pharmacies and others asking when Government would address the current crisis in the sector. The House of Lords oral questions session was opened by Baroness Hodgson on behalf of Baroness Cumberlege as follows: “To [...]

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Contractors are currently voting in four PSNC regional representative ballots and PSNC’s (national) non-CCA Multiple representatives ballot. The voting allocations for the ballots are based on PSNC records of contractors’ NHS pharmacy premises in the PSNC region or England, as relevant, and earlier this year PSNC invited contractors to check these records and request changes. [...]

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Pharmacy leaders are set to brief MPs on the severe challenges facing community pharmacies this week as part of a wave of #SaveOurPharmacies campaign activities. Tomorrow’s (Tuesday 21st March) roundtable summit will include discussions on the urgent action needed to address the current severe challenges being faced by community pharmacy, as well as the sector’s [...]

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