Monthly Archives: July 2023

Community Pharmacy England would like to remind pharmacy teams of the importance of submitting the FP34C declaration through the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal no later than the 5th of each month (or the 6th where a bank holiday occurs during the first five days of the month) following that in which supply was made. [...]

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National Patient Safety Alert: Potent synthetic opioids implicated in heroin overdoses and deaths National Patient Safety Alert Reference Number: NatPSA/2023/009/OHID Date issued: 26th July 2023 Brief description of the problem In the past 8 weeks there has been an elevated number of overdoses (with some deaths) in people who use drugs, primarily heroin, in many [...]

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Pharmacy owners will be required to have a business continuity plan dealing with temporary closures from the end of this month, and Community Pharmacy England has issued guidance to help support this. Following changes to the NHS (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013 that were imposed earlier this year, from 31st July 2023, it [...]

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  The Drug Tariff Preface published monthly lists additions, deletions and other changes to products listed in the Drug Tariff. Below is a summary of the changes coming into effect from 1 August 2023. Key g Special container – This product is a special container and should be dispensed in its complete original pack size. n [...]

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