Yearly Archives: 2025

Opinions from pharmacy owners and LPCs across the country are being compiled, alongside inputs from national pharmacy organisations and results from ongoing sector polling, to inform Community Pharmacy England Committee discussions on negotiating priorities for 2026/27. The Committee will consider all inputs, alongside Community Pharmacy England’s own analysis, to inform positioning and objectives for the [...]

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Following representations made by Community Pharmacy England on behalf of community pharmacy owners, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has redetermined the following July 2025 concessionary prices: Drug Pack size Previous price concession  for July 2025 New price concession for July 2025 Fexofenadine 180mg tablets 30 £2.31 £4.10 Pioglitazone 45mg tablets 28 £25.25 [...]

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NHS England previously 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 will be assured by NHS [...]

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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Topiramate Zydus Pharmaceuticals UK 20mg/ml Oral Solution, Zydus Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd Drug alert number: EL(25)A/39 Date issued: 07 August 2025 Zydus Pharmaceuticals UK LTD has informed the MHRA that there is an error on the artwork for the outer carton and Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) of Topiramate Zydus Pharmaceuticals UK [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for the following product: Estradiol (Progynova® TS) 50micrograms/24hours and 100micrograms/24hours transdermal patches MSN/2025/048 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 06/08/2025 Progynova® TS 50micrograms/24hours and 100micrograms/24hours transdermal patches (once weekly estradiol patches) will be discontinued from late December 2025 and [...]

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