Monthly Archives: September 2026

BBC Morning Live Community pharmacy teams continue to face unacceptable levels of abuse and aggression amid ongoing medicine supply issues and wider pressures on pharmacy. These issues were highlighted in a BBC Morning Live report today, which referenced key findings from our polling of the sector and included an interview with Dervis Gurol, our Independent [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (16/09/2026) confirmed the following initial list of price concessions for September 2026: Drug Pack size Price concession Aciclovir 400mg tablets 56 £3.61 Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension 100 £1.62 Aspirin 75mg gastro-resistant tablets 28 £1.69 Aspirin 75mg tablets 28 £1.45 Azathioprine 50mg tablets 56 £2.25 Bicalutamide 150mg [...]

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A package of regulatory changes has been laid before Parliament to support implementation of prescribing within NHS pharmacy services, closures for learning and development and more from 1st October 2026.  The amendments are set out in The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 and reflect a number of changes agreed as part of the 2026/27 Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) settlement.  Among the most significant [...]

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Pharmacy teams are reminded that a number of BD and NovoFine hypodermic insulin pen needles have been deleted from Part IX of the September 2026 Drug Tariff. Any NHS prescriptions for the appliances listed below, where prescribed by brand, would be disallowed by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) if dispensed from 1 September 2026: [...]

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