Monthly Archives: March 2024

Community Pharmacy England and other national pharmacy bodies briefed 25 Parliamentarians and their teams about the newly introduced Pharmacy First service at a drop-in event in the Houses of Parliament yesterday (12th March). The event, which we hosted alongside the other national pharmacy bodies, allowed us to showcase the value of Pharmacy First, but also [...]

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The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) emailed pharmacy owners last night to highlight that they are continuing to work closely with IT system suppliers to help them resolve issues with the Pharmacy First data they have supplied. This follows the announcement last week that pharmacy owners would have until 5pm on 15th March 2024 to [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Prochlorperazine (Stemetil®) 12.5mg/ml solution for injection ampoules. MSN/2024/029 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 12th March 2024 Prochlorperazine (Stemetil®) 12.5mg/ml solution for injection ampoules are out of stock until mid-April 2024. Due to ongoing supply issues with prochlorperazine buccal [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and NHS England have jointly published the national flu vaccination programme letter today (12th March 2024) for the 2024/25 season. Timing Based on evidence that flu vaccine’s effectiveness can wane over time in adults, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), has today (11th March 2024), launched an NHS campaign to encourage members of the public who could be living with undiagnosed high blood pressure to get their blood pressure checked at a participating pharmacy. The campaign, backed by British Heart Foundation, Stroke Association, Heart Research UK, Blood Pressure [...]

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