Monthly Archives: April 2024

The public is receptive to Pharmacy First but more needs to be done to increase awareness of and further develop pharmacy services, a new report from Healthwatch England finds. The ‘Pharmacy: what people want‘ report, published today (30th April), calls on the Government to issue targeted communications to raise awareness of the Pharmacy First service, [...]

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A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 17 Issue 9 April 2024) has been published and includes articles on: Finasteride: reminder of the risk of psychiatric side effects and of sexual side effects (which may persist after discontinuation of treatment) Montelukast: reminder of the risk of neuropsychiatric reactions Letters [...]

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The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) produces a quarterly newsletter called “Hints & Tips for dispensing contractors”. The latest edition (Issue 55) contains some useful information and advice on: NHS prescription charges from 1 May 2024 Patients reminded to renew their HRT PPC Contractors reminded to use correct prescribing codes FP10 NHS prescription forms: memantine [...]

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Community Pharmacy England and NHS England’s Transformation Directorate are encouraging pharmacy teams to complete a new quick poll. This poll aims to understand potential benefits of planned prescriptions functionality, that will be released in the NHS App. Complete the survey. By completing the survey, you can help provide insights into some of the patient queries [...]

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As we move into Spring, pharmacy teams may start to see people presenting with tick bites and potentially symptoms of Lyme disease. While tick bites/Lyme disease is not treatable under the Pharmacy First clinical pathway for infected insect bites, with patients needing to be signposted onwards, patients may present with a tick bite with an [...]

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