Yearly Archives: 2024

Drug alert number: EL (24)A/20 Date issued: 06 June 2024 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 2 medicines recall for: Lamotrigine Desitin 10mg/ml oral suspension (Desitin Pharma UK Ltd) PL 14040/0040 SNOMED Code: 42751111000001102 Batch No Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed 024171A1 31/01/2026 300ml 07-May-24 024172A1 31/01/2026 300ml [...]

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New legislation has been introduced to permit pharmacy technicians to supply and administer medicines under Patient Group Directions (PGDs). Amendments to the Human Medicines Regulations were laid before Parliament at the end of May and are due to come into effect from 26th June 2024. The changes will permit registered pharmacy technicians to supply and [...]

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Following representations made by Community Pharmacy England on behalf of community pharmacy owners, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today redetermined the concession prices for four products and confirmed three further price concessions for May 2024. This announcement comes in the following month and follows the decision by DHSC to impose changes to [...]

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The General Election campaigning period is an important time for building supporters in readiness for the new Parliament. The team at Community Pharmacy England is continuing to work hard to ensure that community pharmacy has a cross-party group of advocates in the new Parliament and that all political parties are committed to the sector. Supported [...]

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