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National Patient Safety Alert: Harm from incorrect recording of a penicillin allergy as a penicillamine allergy National Patient Safety Alert Reference Number: NatPSA/2025/006/NHSPS Date issued: 20 November 2025 Explanation of identified safety issue There are reports of healthcare staff recording a patient’s penicillin allergy as a penicillamine allergy in electronic prescribing systems. This look-alike sound-alike [...]

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As part of our Funding & Reimbursement Shorts  series, Community Pharmacy England’s in-house Drug Tariff and funding experts have created a new video on referred back (or unpaid) items. With referred back items, pharmacy owners risk having their payments tied up until the required endorsement information is submitted to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA). Therefore, [...]

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MHRA Class 3 Medicines Recall: Atorvastatin 20mg and 80mg Film-coated Tablets (Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited) Drug Alert Number: EL(25)A/48 Date issued: 11 November 2025 Sun Pharma UK Limited are recalling the batches of tablets specified in the table as a precautionary measure due to failing dissolution test results reported during ongoing stability studies. DMRC reference number: DMRC [...]

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MHRA Class 3 Medicines Recall: Emylif 50mg orodispersible film (Zambon SpA) Drug Alert Number: EL(25)A/47 Date issued: 10 November 2025 Zambon SpA is recalling an affected batch as a precautionary measure due to out of specification results for unknown impurities during ongoing stability testing. DMRC reference number: DMRC – 35367036 Marketing Authorisation Holder: Zambon SpA Medicine [...]

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Update 05/03/2026:  Propranolol 80mg modified release capsules are out of stock until July 2026 Propranolol 160mg modified release capsules are out of stock until July 2026 The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for the following products: Propranolol 80mg modified release capsules Propranolol 160mg modified release capsules MSN/2025/059 [...]

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