Yearly Archives: 2023

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Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Zinacef powder for solution for injection or infusion vials (Sandoz Limited)

Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Zinacef powder for solution for injection or infusion vials (all strengths, including stock in GSK livery) (Sandoz Limited) Drug alert number:EL (23)A/38 Date issued: 23 October 2023 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Zinacef powder for solution for [...]

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2023 mandatory workforce survey opens today

The 2023 Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey, conducted by North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECS) on behalf of NHS England, has opened today. Completion of the survey is a mandatory requirement for all pharmacy owners. The NHSBSA has, today, sent an email to pharmacy owners containing a link to the survey. In some cases, e.g. [...]

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Celebrating Black History Month 2023

Pharmacy press This month marks Black History Month, a time to celebrate the contributions of people with African and Caribbean backgrounds to British society and learn more about Black history and culture as a whole. We at Community Pharmacy England, along with many of our colleagues across the sector and beyond, are observing this throughout [...]

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Community pharmacy campaign highly commended at public affairs awards

At the PRWeek 2023 awards, the public affairs agency Luther Pendragon were highly commended in the public affairs campaign category for the influencing work that they undertook with Community Pharmacy England last year. Following a competitive tender process last autumn, Luther were appointed to support Community Pharmacy England’s influencing strategy as we work to get [...]

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Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) Full Questionnaire

All community pharmacies in England were asked to complete 10 screening questions as part of the NHS England Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF), and some contractors will be asked to complete the full CPAF questionnaire. Pharmacies may be selected for the full CPAF questionnaire if, for example, they did not complete the screening questions or [...]

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