Yearly Archives: 2023

/2023

MPs invited to Parliamentary event on Winter Pressures

This week we have invited MPs from all political parties to attend a Parliamentary drop-in event on winter pressures to learn more about community pharmacy. The event in Westminster will be a good chance to brief MPs about the current winter pressures that pharmacies, like all parts of the NHS, are grappling with, but also [...]

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Worsening medicine shortages linked to Brexit and more

The Independent  A recent report by the Independent Commission on UK EU Relations highlights the impact of Brexit-related border issues on the UK’s medicine supply chain. In response, we’ve highlighted our findings on medicines supply issues and their crushing impact on community pharmacies and patients. The causes of supply issues extend beyond Brexit, encompassing factors [...]

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Primary Care Access Recovery Plan negotiations

The negotiations around the £645 million investment pledged to community pharmacies as part of the Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care have been going on since the announcement of the plan in May. We know that pharmacy owners want to know about progress and it is critical that this money starts flowing to [...]

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LFD service starts today

Community pharmacy owners can from today (Monday 6th November 2023) start providing the Lateral flow device tests supply service for patients potentially eligible for COVID-19 treatments (LFD service). Before providing the service, pharmacy owners must have signed up on the NHSBSA’s MYS portal, after which they will be able to provide the service. Pharmacy owners [...]

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NHS Prescription Services ‘Hints & Tips’ – Issue 53

NHS Prescription Services produces a quarterly newsletter called “Hints & Tips for dispensing contractors”. The latest edition (Issue 53) contains some useful information and advice on: What to include in the red separator Changes to print colour and dispensing tokens (FP10DT) How to avoid refer backs Water for injections – endorsement and reimbursement Hypromellose 0.3% [...]

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