Yearly Archives: 2025

Pharmacy owners have one week left to meet the requirements of the gateway criterion for the 2025/26 Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS). Pharmacy owners must have signed up to deliver the Pharmacy First Service and the Pharmacy Contraception Service (PCS) by the end of 31st August 2025 and remain registered for both services until the end [...]

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Pharmacy owners are reminded that while the flu vaccination service can be provided to pregnant women from 1st September 2025, vaccination of all other eligible adult cohorts for the 2025/26 campaign cannot commence until 1st October 2025. Read our earlier news story for further context National Booking System (NBS) If a pharmacy owner would like to take up [...]

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A recording of our webinar on the new Childhood Flu Vaccination Service, provided collaboratively with NHS England, is now available to watch on-demand. The webinar provides some context and background to the service, explains how the service will operate and provides operational information to support pharmacy owners as they prepare to provide it. Watch the [...]

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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Fexofenadine Hydrochloride 120mg film-coated tablets (Chanelle Medical Unlimited Company) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/41 Date issued: 21 August 2025 Chanelle Medical Unlimited Company has informed the MHRA of an error with the European Article Number (EAN) / Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) barcode on certain batches of Fexofenadine Hydrochloride 120mg film-coated [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (19/08/2025) confirmed the following initial list of price concessions for August 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Alfuzosin 2.5mg tablets 60 £7.22 Clarithromycin 250mg/5ml oral suspension 70 £10.52 Cyclizine 50mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules 5 £4.01 Dutasteride 500microgram capsules 30 £2.88 Ibuprofen 600mg tablets 84 £9.38 [...]

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