Monthly Archives: July 2024

Community Pharmacy England CEO Janet Morrison has given a video update on Pharmacy First, addressing some of the concerns that pharmacy owners have, particularly around the thresholds for monthly payments. In her video message, Janet notes the incredible early achievements of Pharmacy First as well as outlining the importance of the service and how it [...]

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Class 3 Medicines Recall: Atomoxetine 10mg, 18mg, 25mg, 40mg, 60mg, 80mg, 100mg Hard Capsules (Accord Healthcare Ltd) Drug alert number: EL (24)A/25 Date issued: 02 July 2024 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 3 medicines recall for: Atomoxetine 10mg, 18mg, 25mg, 40mg, 60mg, 80mg, 100mg Hard Capsules (Accord Healthcare Ltd) [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (02/07/2024) confirmed the following list of final price concessions for June 2024. This announcement comes in the following month and follows the decision by DHSC to impose changes to concessions pricing from April 2024 to try to manage purchase margins. DHSC has applied its new margin reduction formula as [...]

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The Drug Tariff Category M pricelist for July 2024 has been published on the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) website. The new July Category M prices include no adjustment for margin, however the new prices will still reflect movements in the underlying market (i.e. movements in buying prices of medicines). These are systematic and not subject [...]

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Last week NHS England announced that PCSE would take over the administration and processing of notices of withdrawal from a pharmaceutical list. From today, 1st July 2024, any notices of withdrawal should be sent to pcse.marketentry@nhs.net. Any notices submitted prior to 1st July 2024 will still be processed by the ICB directly and any queries [...]

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