Yearly Archives: 2023

Leading national pharmacy bodies have agreed to work together on a programme of activities to lobby for fair NHS funding for pharmacies in England, including co-ordinating efforts to mobilise public support. The Save Our Pharmacies campaign will focus on highlighting both the pressures that pharmacies are under and the huge untapped potential of the sector [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Vigabatrin (Sabril®) 500mg tablets. MSN/2023/003 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 17th January 2023 Vigabatrin (Sabril®) 500mg tablets are out of stock until w/c 3rd March 2023. An alternative formulation of the Sabril® brand of vigabatrin is the 500mg [...]

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Update – 24th February 2023: Insuman® Comb 25 100units/ml suspension for injection 3ml cartridges and prefilled pens will be discontinued with stocks being exhausted in February and June 2023 respectively. Insuman® Basal 100units/ml suspension for injection 3ml cartridges and prefilled pens will be discontinued with stocks being exhausted in February and June 2023 respectively. Insuman® [...]

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Community pharmacy contractors are now able to update NHS Profile Manager if they routinely hold the 16 palliative and end of life care (PEoLC) medicines listed in the Drug Tariff and can support local access to parenteral haloperidol. This requirement is a criterion in the ‘Addressing unwarranted variation in care’ domain of the 2022/23 Pharmacy [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has provided an update on the Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) for 5 SSPs. The following HRT SSPs were due to expire 13 January 2023 but have been further extended to Friday 27 January 2023. SSP Expiry Date Supporting Information SSP029 Sandrena®  0.5mg and 1mg gel sachets – [...]

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