The 2023/24 Annual Report for Community Pharmacy England has been published, setting out the range of work that has been done over the past year on behalf of all community pharmacy owners. This included negotiations on the new Pharmacy First service and support for pharmacy owners with national services; ongoing work to monitor margin [...]
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The ability of pharmacy owners to achieve the thresholds for the monthly Pharmacy First payment has been an ongoing topic of great concern for pharmacy owners and Community Pharmacy England, particularly as the October increase to 30 clinical pathways got closer. We have been discussing this issue over the last few weeks with the Department [...]
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Drug alert number: EL (24)A/44 Date issued: 30 September 2024 Pfizer Limited is recalling all distributed batches of Oxbryta 500 mg Tablets. Pfizer Limited has informed the MHRA that the product is being withdrawn due to emerging data from clinical trials and registry-based studies: Oxbryta (voxelotor) 500mg Tablets (Pfizer Limited) PLGB 00057/1720 DMRC Number: DMRC-32749585 [...]
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From next week, Tuesday 1 October, references will no longer be required for market entry applications. This followed concerns raised by Community Pharmacy England that they offered little value to the process and contributed to delays. The changes are included in The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 [...]
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DHSC has informed us that, following the General Election where the progress of these amendments was paused, they are briefing new ministers across all policy areas, including hub and spoke dispensing between different pharmacy owners. As this will take time, they are now not in a position to implement these proposals from 1 January 2025, [...]
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