Daily Express Figures released by the NHS Business Services Authority reveal the number of community pharmacies active in England has hit a seven-year low of 11,414 community pharmacies, and the Express asked us to comment. Note, the figure in the General Pharmaceutical Services report relates to the number of pharmacies that were active at any [...]
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Today at The Pharmacy Show, a new Advanced service to supply eligible patients with COVID-19 Lateral Flow Device (LFD) test kits has been announced. The service, which is funded outside of the CPCF global sum, will allow eligible patients who have risk factors for progression to severe COVID-19 to obtain LFD test kits from participating [...]
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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Bumetanide 1mg and 5mg tablets. MSN/2023/094 Tier 3 – high impact Date of issue 12th October 2023 Bumetanide 5mg tablets are out of stock until early March 2024. Bumetanide 1mg tablets remain available until the end of October and will be [...]
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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Pancrease® HL gastro-resistant capsules. MSN/2023/095 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 12th October 2023 Pancrease® HL gastro-resistant capsules are being discontinued with stock expected to be exhausted by mid-November 2023. Alternative high strength pancreatin preparations remain available and will [...]
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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Azithromycin (Azyter®) 15mg/g eye drops (0.25g unit dose, preservative free). MSN/2023/096 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 12th October 2023 Azithromycin (Azyter®) 15mg/g eye drops are out of stock from mid-October to mid-November 2023. Alternative topical and oral antibiotics [...]
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