Monthly Archives: August 2023

Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (22/08/2023) announced the following list of price concessions for August 2023: Drug Pack size Price concession Amiloride 5mg tablets 28 £14.25 Amisulpride 100mg tablets 60 £18.46 Atorvastatin 20mg tablets [...]

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The NHSmail team is inviting Community Pharmacy NHSmail users to participate in user research interviews. The interview will last 15-25 minutes and can be conducted virtually or face-to-face. The purpose of the research is to explore how NHSmail features and Microsoft 365 features can make a positive difference to the NHS workforce and encourage innovation [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care has opened a consultation on the proposal for the use of patient group directions (PGDs) by pharmacy technicians. This consultation, run jointly with the Department of Health Northern Ireland, is seeking views on enabling pharmacy technicians to supply and administer medicines under PGDs and runs until 11.59pm on [...]

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Pharmacy owners have one week left to submit an expression of interest (EOI) if they wish to take part in this autumn’s COVID-19 vaccination service, as the deadline for submissions is 5pm on 29th August 2023. Further information on the EOI process and provision of the service can be found in our news story highlighting [...]

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Update 08/09/23 – The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has provided an update on the Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP) for Jext® 300micrograms/0.3ml (1 in 1000) solution for injection auto-injector pen (SSP058) was due to expire 20 October 2023 but has been further extended to Friday 27 October 2023. Update 08/09/23 – The Department [...]

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