Monthly Archives: May 2025

MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Various Chemidex Pharma Ltd Products Drug alert number: EL(25)A/21 Date issued: 13 May 2025 Chemidex Pharma Ltd has informed the MHRA that the Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) in their topical steroid products does not contain all the required safety information. Cartons for the products/batches listed are missing side effect information [...]

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We have updated our Contract changes: DSP regulatory FAQs news item with a new FAQ: Some DSP pharmacies have been planning to deliver the COVID-19 and Influenza vaccination services during late 2025 and early 2026 onsite, at the Distance Selling Premises. Will they be allowed to do so? Yes. The Department of Health and Social Care, [...]

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Ahead of 1st June 2025, pharmacy owners are reminded of the changes to the bundling requirements for Pharmacy First which will impact on whether they are entitled to a monthly fixed payment for the service. From 1st June 2025, pharmacy owners must be registered and able to deliver the Hypertension Case Finding Service*, the Pharmacy [...]

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Pharmacy owners have one week left to claim an Aspiration payment for the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2025/26 as the window for claiming this payment closes at 11.59pm on Friday 16th May 2025. The Aspiration payment is optional; if pharmacy owners do not want to claim it, it will not impact on the pharmacy owner’s [...]

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Pharmacy owners should be aware that the Pharmacy First Clinical Pathways band assignments and monthly caps for May 2025 are published on the NHSBSA website. Information for all future months will be published here. The list published by NHSBSA indicates the band assignment and monthly cap for each pharmacy by ODS code. If a pharmacy [...]

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