Monthly Archives: July 2025

As of 28th July, 82% of community pharmacies have completed the CPAF screening questionnaire. The remaining pharmacies only have a couple of days left to complete it before the deadline of midnight on Thursday, 31st July 2025.   We encourage pharmacy owners who have not yet responded to the questionnaire to ensure they do so by Thursday, 31st [...]

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MHRA Class 2 Medicines Recall: ChloraPrep 1mL Clear Sterile Solution/Applicator (Becton Dickinson UK Ltd) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/36 Date issued: 28 July 2025 Becton Dickinson UK Ltd has informed the MHRA that some units exhibit an open seal on the packaging of the applicator. This is linked to the Class 2 Medicines Notification EL(25)A/22. This [...]

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Community pharmacies providing the Flu Vaccination Advanced Service are being invited to make use of the National Booking System (NBS). NHS England has announced that any pharmacies who have yet to register with the NBS, can do so for the 2025/26 flu season. This follows on from an offer made to pharmacy owners for flu [...]

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Pharmacy owners in Yorkshire and Humber are advised of an upcoming change to PCSE deliveries. PCSE has written to ICBs in Yorkshire and Humber to announce a pilot where GPs and pharmacies will be selected to trial fortnightly scheduled collections/deliveries, starting in August 2025. They have advised that the collection/delivery day will remain the same, [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (25/07/2025) confirmed the following list of price concessions for July 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Amiodarone 200mg tablets 28 £5.39 Ascorbic acid 500mg tablets 28 £42.99 Bumetanide 1mg tablets 28 £2.99 Desogestrel 75microgram tablets 84 £2.70 Esomeprazole 40mg gastro-resistant capsules 28 £2.80 Fenofibrate micronised 267mg capsules [...]

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