Monthly Archives: August 2023

Community Pharmacy England has successfully appealed to increase the price concession granted in July 2023 for Atorvastatin 80mg tablets to £3.91 from the previously imposed £3.45. During the month of July 2023 our Dispensing and Supply Team received an exceptionally high volume of reports from pharmacies unable to obtain Atorvastatin 80mg tablets at the published [...]

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Mail Following the release of details about the autumn Covid and flu vaccination programmes, we were asked to comment on the change in eligibility and delayed start date of the vaccination roll-out, particularly around the potential for vaccines to go to waste. Director of NHS Services, Alastair Buxton, said: “A delay to the start of [...]

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Community Pharmacy England is looking to recruit several roles into our Pharmacy Funding Team. If you’re passionate about community pharmacy and eager to support pharmacy owners through one of these specialised roles, we’re keen to hear from you. The full details for each role are available via the links below. They are: Pricing Analyst (Pricing [...]

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NHS England is asking pharmacy owners to continue to voluntarily submit New Medicine Service (NMS) quarterly summary data to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) for Quarter 1 (Q1) 2023/24 (April to June 2023). The mandatory requirement to submit this data has been suspended since 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. NHS England want to [...]

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Community Pharmacy England is calling for a reversal of the decision to allow a delay to the commencement of the Flu Vaccination Service until after 1st September, warning Ministers that the timely vaccination of around one million people is at stake. In a letter to Pharmacy Minister Neil O’Brien and Vaccines Minister Maria Caulfield, we [...]

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