Yearly Archives: 2024

Date issued: 3 January 2024 The Food Standards Agency has issued a company-led medicines recall for: Nutramigen® LGG Stage 1 & 2 Hypoallergenic Formula – Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Ltd Company name: Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Ltd Product name: Nutramigen® LGG Stage 1 & 2 Hypoallergenic Formula Batch number/expiry Product name Batch number Expiry date [...]

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To avoid any delays in payment for electronic prescriptions dispensed in December (Dispense Notification messages submitted by 31 December 2023), pharmacy owners are reminded to submit their corresponding electronic Claim Notification (CN) messages or Electronic Reimbursement Endorsement Messages (EREMs) no later than the 5 January 2024. However, with New Year’s Day (1 January 2024) occurring [...]

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Express Dame Priti Patel is among 20 MPs sounding the alarm over pharmacy closures amid “unprecedented pressures”. Around 1,400 pharmacies have closed their doors for good since October 2016, the group warned health minister Andrea Leadsom. The warning stems from a letter coordinated by Community Pharmacy England. Our Chief Executive Janet Morrison said: “Pharmacies are [...]

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Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Cozaar® 100mg film-coated tablets (Quadrant Pharmaceuticals Ltd) Drug alert number: EL (24)A/01 Date issued: 04 January 2024 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Cozaar® 100mg film-coated tablets (Quadrant Pharmaceuticals Ltd) Company name: Quadrant Pharmaceuticals Ltd Product name: Cozaar® [...]

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A collective of 20 MPs from the different political parties have signed a letter calling for urgent action to support community pharmacies. In the letter to pharmacy Minister, Dame Andrea Leadsom MP, the MPs urged the new health minister to commit to making changes for community pharmacies and patients nationwide. Community Pharmacy England coordinated the [...]

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