Yearly Archives: 2025

MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Dulcolax® Adult 5mg gastro-resistant tablets, Opella Healthcare Drug alert number: EL(25)A/26 Date issued: 10 June 2025 Opella Healthcare UK LTD has informed the MHRA that there is an error on the artwork for the outer carton of Dulcolax® Adult 5mg GR Tablets (packsize 20 count). The dose instruction incorrectly states [...]

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As the provision of clinical services in community pharmacies continues to grow, pharmacy professionals who want to update their knowledge of best practice in record keeping can access the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education Documenting in patient clinical records e-learning programme. This learning programme will support pharmacy professionals to: Summarise the legal and regulatory requirements [...]

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MHRA Class 2 Medicines Notification: Paracetamol 500mg Tablets (Chelonia Healthcare Limited) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/25 Date issued: 09 June 2025 Chelonia Healthcare Limited is recalling specific batches of Paracetamol 500mg Tablets (100 pots) as a precautionary measure due to contamination following a small number of complaints of discoloured tablets within the pots. DMRC reference number: [...]

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NHS England has announced the launch of a new community pharmacy Point of Care (PoC) IT Supplier Contractual Framework, which will allow pharmacy owners to choose which PoC system they use to make their clinical records for the Flu and COVID-19 vaccination services during the Autumn/Winter 2025/26 campaign. IT suppliers listed on the new framework [...]

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Community pharmacy owners are being asked to share their views on pharmacy service developments and their financial security, ahead of the next full Community Pharmacy England Committee meeting taking place at the end of this month (25th and 26th June). Two months after the introduction of a new CPCF funding settlement, the implementation of various [...]

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