Yearly Archives: 2025

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Lidocaine (Xylocaine®) 10mg/dose spray sugar free. MSN/2025/028 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 7th May 2025 Lidocaine (Xylocaine®) 10mg/dose spray sugar free is out of stock from mid-May until late June 2025. Lidocaine 5% / Phenylephrine 0.5% nasal spray [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Buprenorphine (Reletrans®) 5micrograms/hour and 15micrograms/hour transdermal patches. MSN/2025/030 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 7th May 2025 Buprenorphine (Reletrans®) 5micrograms/hour and 15micrograms/hour transdermal patches are out of stock until early July 2025. Alternative brands of buprenorphine matrix patches (Bunov®, [...]

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Pharmacy owners are now able to make a claim for an Aspiration payment for the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2025/26 on the NHS Business Services Authority’s Manage Your Service (MYS) portal. The Aspiration payment is optional; if pharmacy owners do not want to claim it, it will not impact on the pharmacy owner’s ability to [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (30/04/2025) confirmed the following final list of price concessions for April 2025.  Drug Pack size Price concession Ascorbic acid 100mg tablets 28 £30.49 Buprenorphine 2mg sublingual tablets sugar free 7 £2.73 Carbocisteine 375mg capsules 120 £3.01 Clarithromycin 250mg/5ml oral suspension 70 £9.93 Desmopressin 120microgram sublingual [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Fentanyl (Effentora®) 200microgram, 400microgram, 600microgram, 800microgram buccal tablets Fentanyl (Actiq®) 800microgram lozenges. MSN/2025/025 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 30th April 2025 Effentora® 200microgram, 400microgram, 600microgram, 800microgram buccal tablets are out of stock until late May 2025. Effentora® 100microgram [...]

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