Yearly Archives: 2025

With the conclusion of the NHS 10-Year Health Plan imminent, this is a critical time for community pharmacy and it is important that we focus on the future, including looking at negotiating priorities to further leverage community pharmacy’s position. Pharmacy owners across Yorkshire and the Humber and the North East are invited to ‘Future of [...]

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MHRA Class 2 Medicines Notification: Inhixa 12,000IU (120mg)/0.8mL solution for injection (Maxearn Limited) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/27 Date issued: 12 June 2025 Maxearn Limited have informed the MHRA that the carton used to package two imported batches of Inhixa have been released to the market with a typographical error on one side of the carton. [...]

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A new streamlined process for making claims for the Discharge Medicines Service (DMS) will come into effect from 6th July 2025. Following feedback from Community Pharmacy England about the current lengthy claim process, NHS England and NHSBSA have agreed to introduce a shortened process for making claims for DMS. In time, an API will be [...]

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Update 17/06/2025 – Correction to PIP codes in the table below. Pharmacy teams should be aware that Pfizer Limited has recently ceased supplying a number of its well-established brands and released generic equivalent versions instead. The table below includes the Pfizer products that have recently transitioned from brand to generic along with information on ordering [...]

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The Government’s Spending Review has concluded, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves today announcing the Government’s new spending priorities. The announcement included a 3% real terms uplift to NHS funding, for each of the coming three years, with the Government reiterating its commitment to its three shifts for healthcare: moving care closer to home, from treatment to [...]

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