Yearly Archives: 2023

/2023

Stoptober is back

Did you know that if a smoker can quit for 28 days, they are five times more likely to quit for good? The Stoptober campaign is back* and launching its mass quit attempt which runs until 31st October 2023. The campaign has helped over 2.5 million people to make a quit attempt since the campaign’s [...]

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September 2023 reimbursement prices for certain Rosemont Pharmaceutical Ltd products

During the month of September 2023, Community Pharmacy England received several reports from pharmacies unable to obtain certain Rosemont Pharmaceutical Ltd products at or below the published Drug Tariff prices. A price concession application for these products was not required because of the price change mechanism rules. The reimbursement prices are set out in the table below: [...]

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Stocking COVID-19 antivirals

NHS England has asked us to remind pharmacy owners that they can order the following COVID-19 antivirals free of charge from Alliance Healthcare: Molnupiravir 200mg capsules (Lagevrio 200mg capsules) Nirmatrelvir 150mg tablets and Ritonavir 100mg tablets (Paxlovid 150mg/100mg tablets) They recommend pharmacies keep one or two courses in stock, depending on usual demand, to dispense against [...]

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September 2023 Price Concessions Final Update

Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (29/09/2023) announced the following final list of price concessions for September 2023: Drug Pack size Price concession Atorvastatin 80mg tablets 28 £5.32 Brimonidine 0.2% eye drops 5 £3.20 [...]

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Our Annual Report 2022/23: Championing Community Pharmacy

We have today published the 2022/23 annual report for Community Pharmacy England, reflecting on our work in the past year on behalf of all pharmacy owners. This has been an incredibly challenging year for the community pharmacy sector, and we continue to fight hard to improve the outlook on both funding and operational pressures. The [...]

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