Monthly Archives: December 2023

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has via its Central Alerting System (CAS) published a letter on 14 December 2023 advising that due to increasing flu levels in the community, Prescribers working in primary care may now prescribe, and community pharmacists may now supply antiviral medicines (oseltamivir and zanamivir) for the prophylaxis and treatment [...]

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Drug alert number: EL (23)A/44 Date issued: 14 December 2023 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 3 medicines recall for: Posaconazole Biocon 100mg Gastro-resistant Tablets (Biocon Pharma UK Limited) PL 50674/0011 SNOMED Code: N/A Batch Number Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed BF22004504 Dec-2024 12 x 8 27th April [...]

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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 (14/12/2023) announced the following initial list of price concessions for December 2023. Community Pharmacy England has received a large number of reports of products not available at their [...]

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We have published a new page on our website which provides a list of important dates for the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) which relate to national pharmacy services (Advanced services and National Enhanced services). The page also highlights important dates for Terms of Service (ToS) requirements, as well as dates when relevant news stories [...]

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The October 2023 Drug Tariff was updated to include a deadline for submission of any outstanding referred back (unpaid) prescriptions to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) for payment. Following this update, NHSBSA has seen a spike in the number of  referred back prescriptions submitted by pharmacies in the past month. The January 2024 Drug [...]

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