Yearly Archives: 2025

Reference: ADC FA1002-2025 Communication from Manufacturer Abbott has recently identified that certain FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors may provide incorrect low glucose readings. This issue does not apply to any other Libre sensors, apps or readers available in the UK. If undetected, incorrect low glucose readings over an extended period may [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (25/11/2025) confirmed the following list of price concessions for November 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Alfuzosin 2.5mg tablets 60 £6.80 Clonidine 150micrograms/1ml solution for injection ampoules 5 £4.18 Dutasteride 500microgram capsules 30 £2.42 Esomeprazole 40mg gastro-resistant capsules 28 £3.17 Estradiol 10microgram pessaries 24 £10.80 Fenofibrate micronised [...]

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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Moclobemide 150mg tablets (Lexon UK Ltd) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/50 Date issued: 25 November 2025 Lexon UK Ltd has informed the MHRA that the Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) in the cartons for the batches listed in this notification is missing important updated safety information. DMRC reference number: DMRC – 37693641 [...]

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The next decade offers an unprecedented opportunity to transform the community pharmacy sector into a cornerstone of the Government’s proposed Neighbourhood Health Service, says a report commissioned by Community Pharmacy England and published today. The new report, ‘A Prescription for Success – the role of community pharmacy in delivering the 10 year plan for health‘, [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that from the start of 2026, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) will start using paper FP10 prescription forms for all outsourced prescriptions issued by MOD medical facilities. Any MOD-issued paper FP10 prescriptions should be processed by pharmacy teams in the usual way. The small number of MOD-issued [...]

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