Monthly Archives: July 2025

Over 85% of community pharmacy owners are still yet to complete the 2025/26 Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) screening questionnaire.  We encourage pharmacy owners who have not yet responded to the questionnaire to ensure they do so by Thursday, 31st July 2025.  As a result of NHS regulations introduced at the end of 2020, completion [...]

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Pharmacy teams should be aware that the brand Otomize® ear spray has been discontinued and will no longer be available for community pharmacies to order once existing stock is exhausted. The manufacturer Ennogen Healthcare International Limited has instead launched a generic equivalent  version as Dexamethasone/ Neomycin sulfate/ Acetic acid 0.1%w/w / 0.5%w/w / 2%w/w Ear [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for the following product: Amiodarone 200mg tablets MSN/2025/043 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 11/07/2025 Amiodarone 200mg tablets are out of stock until early August 2025. Amiodarone 100mg tablets remain available and can support a limited increase in demand. [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for the following product: Diclofenac (Voltarol® Ophtha) 0.1% eye drops 0.3ml unit dose preservative free MSN/2025/042 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 10/07/2025 Diclofenac (Voltarol® Ophtha) 0.1% eye drops 0.3ml unit dose preservative free are out of stock until [...]

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A recorded presentation on the 2025/26 Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) is now available to watch on our website. Rosie Taylor, Head of Service Development at Community Pharmacy England, talks through the requirements of this year’s Scheme, highlighting how to meet the gateway criterion and domains, as well as advising on what resources are available to [...]

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