Yearly Archives: 2023

Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners (our members), the Department has today (16/06/2023) announced the following list of price concessions for June 2023: Drug Pack size Price concession Amisulpride 100mg tablets 60 £18.15 Atorvastatin 10mg tablets 28 £1.09 Atorvastatin [...]

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Our members (pharmacy owners) and their teams, have proved yet again, that they can deliver vital public health services at scale and pace, having administered over 5 million flu vaccinations under the national Flu Vaccination Service, a new record for the sector. The NHS Business Services Authority has published the Advanced Service Flu report which shows that [...]

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The Government has today (June 15th) announced that all those aged 60 and over will remain eligible for exemption from the NHS prescription charge. Today’s announcement is the official response to a 2021 public consultation that recommended raising the free prescription threshold to meet the state pension age at age 66. As well as keeping [...]

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Pharmacy press Ministers have announced that all those aged 60 and over will remain eligible for exemption from the NHS prescription charge. This is the Government’s official response to a 2021 public consultation that recommended raising the free prescription threshold to meet the state pension age at age 66. Read the consultation outcome in full Chief [...]

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