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MHRA Class 2 Medicines Recall: ChloraPrep 2% 1mL and ChloraPrep Frepp 2% 1.5mL applicators (Becton Dickinson UK Ltd) Drug alert number: EL(26)A/26 Date issued: 2 June 2026 Becton Dickinson UK Ltd are recalling batches of ChloraPrep 2% 1mL applicators and ChloraPrep Frepp 2% 1.5 mL applicators due to a potential breach of sterility in the [...]

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Following representations from Community Pharmacy England, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has re-determined that the following products will be granted special container status from 1 June 2026. Generic drug name (dm+d descriptor) Brand and/or manufacturer Pack Size Special container Semaglutide 1.5mg tablets Rybelsus® 1.5mg tablets (Novo Nordisk Ltd) 30 tablet        [...]

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As part of our Funding & Reimbursement Shorts series, Community Pharmacy England’s in-house Drug Tariff experts have created a new video to explain the dispensing and endorsing requirements for Controlled Drugs (CDs) prescribed on blue paper FP10MDA instalment prescription forms. In this video, Sarah Welbourne (Dispensing and Supply Officer) and Alisha Khatri (Dispensing and Supply Pharmacist) [...]

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The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) produces a quarterly newsletter called “Hints & Tips”. The latest edition (Issue 63) contains some useful information and advice on: New Drug Tariff Category H products April 2026 Drug Tariff changes Reimbursement price changes: January, February and March 2026 Prescription endorsing: invoice prices Sorting your end of month batch [...]

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Following representations from Community Pharmacy England, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has re-determined that the following products will be granted special container status from 1 May 2026. Generic drug name (dm+d descriptor) Brand and/or manufacturer Pack Size Special container Budesonide 3mg gastro-resistant modified-release capsules Tillotts Pharma UK Ltd 100 capsules Complete pack Deferiprone [...]

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