Yearly Archives: 2023

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Book now for our Price Concessions Webinar

Community Pharmacy England will be hosting a webinar on price concessions to help to explain how the concessions system works and what happens when pharmacy owners report increased prices to us, and to answer your questions and hear further feedback for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). While the concessions system is designed [...]

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Pharmacy Supervision Group makes recommendations for legislative and regulatory changes

Today, the Pharmacy Supervision Practice Group has published a report that makes recommendations to reframe legislation, regulation and professional standards and guidance around the future of supervision in community pharmacy. The group includes organisations from across the community pharmacy sector, with members from the Company Chemists’ Association (CCA), the National Pharmacy Association (NPA), the Association [...]

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CPPE launches Preparing to train as an independent prescriber e-course

The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) is launching a Preparing to train as an independent prescriber e-course on 12th September 2023. The aim of the e-course is to build the confidence and competence of pharmacists who are planning to apply and train as independent prescribers. The course is made up of four main components: [...]

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July 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 (31/07/2023) announced the following final list of price concessions for July 2023: Drug Pack size Price concession Aciclovir 200mg tablets 25 £1.76 Atorvastatin 20mg tablets 28 £3.38 Atorvastatin [...]

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Medicine Supply Notification: Tegretol® (carbamazepine) 100mg tablets

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Tegretol® (carbamazepine) 100mg tablets. MSN/2023/074 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 31st July 2023 Tegretol® (carbamazepine) 100mg tablets will be out of stock during August 2023 Tegretol® 200mg tablets and Tegretol® 100mg/5ml liquid remain available and will be able [...]

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