Yearly Archives: 2024

Community pharmacy owners have just under a week left to complete the Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) screening questionnaire before the deadline of midnight on Wednesday 31st July 2024.   As a result of NHS regulations introduced at the end of 2020, completion of CPAF is now a requirement of the Terms of Service. Therefore, pharmacy owners [...]

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A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 17 Issue 12 July 2024) has been published and includes articles on: Epimax Ointment and Epimax Paraffin-Free Ointment: reports of ocular surface toxicity and ocular chemical injury Letters and medicine recalls sent to healthcare professionals in June 2024. To see the latest [...]

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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 (19/07/2024) announced the following initial list of price concessions for July 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Amantadine 100mg capsules 56 £13.21 Amiloride 5mg tablets 28 £15.20 Benzydamine 0.15% [...]

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Community Pharmacy England reconsidered the immediate priorities for the new Government, alongside wider strategic planning, when members met in Birmingham last month. During a meeting on 26th and 27th June 2024, Committee Members remained focused on the urgent challenges facing pharmacy owners as well as the ongoing work to build a better future for the [...]

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We have issued the following statement in response to the disruption affecting various IT systems worldwide, including EMIS and the electronic prescription service systems used by NHS community pharmacies and GP practices in England. Our Director of NHS Services, Alastair Buxton, said: “NHS England has issued a communication to highlight that the global IT issue, [...]

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