Monthly Archives: September 2023

During the month of September 2023, Community Pharmacy England received several reports from pharmacies unable to obtain certain Rosemont Pharmaceutical Ltd products at or below the published Drug Tariff prices. A price concession application for these products was not required because of the price change mechanism rules. The reimbursement prices are set out in the table below: [...]

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NHS England has asked us to remind pharmacy owners that they can order the following COVID-19 antivirals free of charge from Alliance Healthcare: Molnupiravir 200mg capsules (Lagevrio 200mg capsules) Nirmatrelvir 150mg tablets and Ritonavir 100mg tablets (Paxlovid 150mg/100mg tablets) They recommend pharmacies keep one or two courses in stock, depending on usual demand, to dispense against [...]

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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 (29/09/2023) announced the following final list of price concessions for September 2023: Drug Pack size Price concession Atorvastatin 80mg tablets 28 £5.32 Brimonidine 0.2% eye drops 5 £3.20 [...]

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We have today published the 2022/23 annual report for Community Pharmacy England, reflecting on our work in the past year on behalf of all pharmacy owners. This has been an incredibly challenging year for the community pharmacy sector, and we continue to fight hard to improve the outlook on both funding and operational pressures. The [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that sufficient stock of Utrogestan® 100mg capsules are now available to meet normal demand. As a result the Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP), SSP056 Utrogestan® 100mg capsules expires at 23.59pm on Friday 29 September 2023. After this date, any prescriptions for Utrogestan® 100mg capsules must be dispensed [...]

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