Yearly Archives: 2023

We have issued the following statement about the Labour Party Conference, and in response to positive comments about pharmacy made by Wes Streeting, the Shadow Health Secretary, at the event. Our Chief Executive, Janet Morrison, said: “We were pleased to hear Shadow Ministers making positive noises about community pharmacy at the Labour Party Conference this week. [...]

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Changes to the Human Medicines Regulations 2023 came into effect today (11th October) which provides new rules requiring pharmacists to dispense all licensed medicines containing valproate in the manufacturer’s original full pack. When dispensing valproate products, the pharmacist must supply the product as a complete pack. This will require them to round up or down [...]

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From 9th October 2023, the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Provider Assurance Team (PAT), will start to undertake post-payment verification (PPV) reviews of pharmacy owners providing the Hypertension Case-Finding Service. The reviews, commissioned by NHS England, will look at the following categories: Highest claimers of blood pressure checks; High volumes of opportunistic blood pressure checks [...]

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The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has informed us that from 12 October 2023, the Manage Your Service (MYS) dashboard layout will be changing following user feedback. The changes will see the current tabs move to the left-hand side of the page and the tabs will be reordered and listed in alphabetical order. The image [...]

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Every Mind Matters has launched a campaign to encourage people to ‘find your little big thing’ and highlight that ‘doing the little things can make a big difference to your mental health’. The campaign is aimed at 25-54-year olds but weighted towards those that are struggling and most at risk of mental health problems. The [...]

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