Yearly Archives: 2025

In recent months, Community Pharmacy England has received a number of concerns about EPS pharmacy nominations and re-nominations without patient consent, and wishes to remind pharmacy owners of the relevant Terms of Service requirements and the importance of patient choice of nominated pharmacy. Terms of Service The Terms of Service provide that a pharmacy owner [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (28/11/2025) confirmed the following list of price concessions for November 2025: Please note: Community Pharmacy England has submitted price concession applications for a number of other medicines affected by pricing issues this month. We will issue further updates as soon as we hear back from the Department. [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that sufficient stock of Cefalexin 125mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free and Cefalexin 250mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free is now available to meet normal demand. As a result the Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP), SSP077 Cefalexin 125mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free and SSP078 Cefalexin 250mg/5ml oral suspension [...]

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Following representations from Community Pharmacy England, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has re-determined that the following products will be granted special container status from 1 December 2025. Generic drug name (dm+d descriptor) Brand and/or manufacturer Pack Size Special container Salbutamol 2.5mg/2.5ml nebuliser liquid unit dose ampoules Teva UK Ltd 20 unit dose    [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (27/11/2025) confirmed the following list of price concessions for November 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Betamethasone 500microgram soluble tablets sugar free 100 £46.65 Cyclizine 50mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules 5 £3.80 Dexamethasone 500microgram tablets 28 £1.87 Fenofibrate micronised 67mg capsules 90 £8.69 Lansoprazole 30mg orodispersible tablets [...]

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