Yearly Archives: 2024

Community Pharmacy England has issued the following statement in response to the Conservative Party Manifesto. Our CEO Janet Morrison said: “We have been urging all political parties to commit to working with us to develop pharmacy services for the benefit of patients, pharmacies and the wider NHS. Pharmacies are vital community healthcare assets, but they [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has issued the following statement in response to the Liberal Democrats Manifesto. Our CEO Janet Morrison said: “We have been urging all political parties to commit to working with us to introduce a sustainable funding model for community pharmacies, alongside developing pharmacy services for the benefit of patients, pharmacies and the wider [...]

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The service specification for the Lateral flow device tests supply service for patients potentially eligible for COVID-19 treatments (LFD service) has had some minor amendments made to it following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and NHS England. The changes to the specification have been made to make the eligibility criteria section clearer to understand, as [...]

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We are asking as many community pharmacy teams as possible to take part in our Pharmacy Advice Audit before 16th June 2024. The audit aims to help demonstrate how pharmacies are supporting their communities every day and provide critical evidence for use in our ongoing call for more funding. Your participation will also help us [...]

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Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Paracetamol 500mg, 1000mg film coated tablets (Dawa Limited) Drug alert number: EL (24)A/21 Date issued: 10 June 2024 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Paracetamol 500mg, 1000mg film coated tablets (Dawa Limited) Company name: Dawa Limited Product name: Paracetamol [...]

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