Ahead of the introduction of independent prescribing in CPCF services, Community Pharmacy England has raised concerns about the NHS IT arrangements. Note, the below comment was first quoted in P3pharmacy. Our Director of NHS Services, Alastair Buxton, said: “The interim IT arrangements for the rollout of prescribing within the CPCF are far from ideal, with [...]
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (18/09/2026) confirmed the following list of price concessions for September 2026: Drug Pack size Price concession Aripiprazole 10mg tablets 28 £1.99 Bisoprolol 10mg tablets 28 £0.95 Candesartan 2mg tablets 7 £2.07 Doxazosin 4mg tablets 28 £1.19 Levetiracetam 1g tablets 60 £4.17 Mirtazapine 30mg orodispersible tablets 30 [...]
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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Clobazam Martindale Pharma 5 mg/5 mL and 10 mg/5 mL Oral Suspension 150ml (Martindale Pharmaceuticals Ltd) Drug alert number: EL(26)A/38 Date issued: 17 September 2026 Martindale Pharmaceuticals has informed the MHRA of an error with the linear barcode of some batches of Clobazam 5mg/5mL and 10mg/5mL Oral Suspension 150mL. DMRC [...]
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (17/09/2026) confirmed the following list of price concessions for September 2026: Drug Pack size Price concession Betahistine 16mg tablets 84 £1.69 Co-codamol 8mg/500mg effervescent tablets 32 £2.70 Co-codamol 8mg/500mg effervescent tablets 100 £8.44 Ezetimibe 10mg tablets 28 £1.34 Fesoterodine 8mg modified-release tablets 28 £9.35 Flecainide 100mg [...]
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Community Pharmacy England has released an IT bulletin update ahead of the Community Pharmacy IT Group (CP ITG) meeting for its Autumn meeting. Recent developments include: Connected care through the Single Patient Record (SPR) The SPR is intended to combine important health information – such as test results, hospital letters, and summaries from GP and [...]
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