Wes Streeting MP has been appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the new Government. Our CEO Janet Morrison said: “We would like to welcome the new Secretary of State to his role. We worked with Wes and his policy advisors whilst they were in Opposition, and have been encouraged by his [...]
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The Labour party has won a large majority in the 2024 General Election and will now form the next Government. With just a handful of seats left to be declared, Labour has won more than 400 seats – well above the 326 seats needed for a majority in Parliament, meaning Sir Keir Starmer MP will [...]
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NHS England (NHSE) have approved the patient group direction (PGD) for use by community pharmacy owners during the forthcoming flu vaccination season. This follows publication of the national protocol earlier in the week by the UK Health Security Agency. The publication of both documents, follows updates to the flu service specification following the amendment to [...]
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Drug alert number: EL (24)A/26 Date issued: 04 July 2024 Kent Pharma UK is recalling various batches of Itraconazole 10mg/ml Oral Solution as a precautionary measure due to out of specification in the appearance of the solution, particularly the presence of suspended particles or clusters of crystals: Itraconazole 10mg/ml Oral Solution (Kent Pharma UK) PL [...]
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has redetermined the July 2024 reimbursement price for Naltrexone 50mg tablets (28) listed in Category A of the Drug Tariff. The basic price for this product should be £82.15 instead of £774.23 as published in the July Drug Tariff. This pricing issue was caused by a data [...]
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