Yearly Archives: 2025

Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (18/03/2025) announced the following initial list of price concessions for March 2025: Drug  Pack size Price concession Alfuzosin 2.5mg tablets 60 £4.46 Bimatoprost 300micrograms/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye [...]

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Janet Morrison, Chief Executive of Community Pharmacy England, said: “With April rapidly approaching there have been a number of queries about the timings of the CPCF negotiations. As well as additional funding, pharmacy owners desperately need clarity about the future; many are already making impossible decisions to help their businesses to survive and to protect [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has released a summary of the March 2025 meeting of the Community Pharmacy IT Group (CP ITG).  The group are due to several key topics, including: Pharmacy IT development Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) extended to Detained Estate EPS clinical prescription tracker and EPS FHIR update Leveraging IT solutions to enhance patient engagement [...]

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National Patient Safety Alert: Discontinuation of Promixin® (colistimethate) 1-million unit powder for nebuliser solution unit dose vials National Patient Safety Alert Reference Number: NatPSA/2025/001/DHSC Date issued: 17 March 2025 Explanation of identified safety issue Promixin® (colistimethate) 1-million-unit powder for nebuliser solution unit dose vials (UDVs) are being discontinued from early May 2025, with stocks anticipated [...]

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We’re sharing tips to help pharmacy team members make the most out of NHSmail. Pharmacy owners must ensure: Staff have access to the pharmacy’s shared NHSmail mailbox and can send/receive emails from it. At least two staff members at the pharmacy premises have live personal NHSmail accounts linked to the shared mailbox. Top tips Keep [...]

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