Monthly Archives: November 2024

NHS England is inviting community pharmacy owners and teams to take part in user research interviews on pharmacy IT. These virtual sessions will last approximately 25-40 minutes and provide an opportunity for you to share your views and requests. Separate research teams are exploring several key areas, including: NHSmail and Microsoft 365 features: Provide feedback [...]

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Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (29/11/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for November 2024: This is not the final update for November. We are still working with the DHSC to agree [...]

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Increases to employers National Insurance contributions and the National Living Wage will cost community pharmacies £200 million a year in unplanned costs, national pharmacy bodies including Community Pharmacy England have warned today. They have told the Government that ‘without mitigation, these additional costs will push many pharmacies more towards insolvency’, leading even more to close [...]

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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Liothyronine Sodium 5 & 20 micrograms Tablets (Strides Pharma UK Ltd) Drug alert number: EL (24)A/58 Date issued: 28 November 2024 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Liothyronine Sodium 5 & 20 micrograms Tablets (Strides Pharma UK [...]

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Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (28/11/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for November 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Alverine 60mg capsules 100 £4.18 Ascorbic acid 200mg tablets 28 £55.90 Chloramphenicol [...]

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