Yearly Archives: 2023

The Department of Health and Social Care has opened a consultation on the proposal for the use of patient group directions (PGDs) by pharmacy technicians. This consultation, run jointly with the Department of Health Northern Ireland, is seeking views on enabling pharmacy technicians to supply and administer medicines under PGDs and runs until 11.59pm on [...]

The post DHSC consultation on use of PGDs by Pharmacy Technicians appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Pharmacy owners have one week left to submit an expression of interest (EOI) if they wish to take part in this autumn’s COVID-19 vaccination service, as the deadline for submissions is 5pm on 29th August 2023. Further information on the EOI process and provision of the service can be found in our news story highlighting [...]

The post One week left to submit EOI for autumn C-19 vacs service appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Update 08/09/23 – The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has provided an update on the Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP) for Jext® 300micrograms/0.3ml (1 in 1000) solution for injection auto-injector pen (SSP058) was due to expire 20 October 2023 but has been further extended to Friday 27 October 2023. Update 08/09/23 – The Department [...]

The post Extension to SSP058 Jext® 300micrograms/0.3ml (1 in 1000) solution for injection auto-injector pen appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Update 01/12/23 – The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has provided an update on the Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP) for Estradot® 100micrograms/24hours patches (SSP057) was due to expire 1 December 2023 but has been further extended to Friday 8 December 2023. Update 03/11/23 – The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has [...]

The post Extension to SSP057 Estradot® 100mcg patches appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Alliance Healthcare UK has informed us of planned maintenance over the August Bank Holiday period, advising that pharmacies consider their stock needs in advance. Alliance has identified the bank holiday weekend (Friday 25th August to Tuesday 29th August) as the optimal time to carry out this essential maintenance and is working to minimise the impact [...]

The post Alliance Healthcare planned maintenance appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.