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Important regulatory changes to the community pharmacy sector – including those on distance selling premises (DSP) pharmacies and core opening hours – have been laid before Parliament today (2 June 2025) and will come into force in 21 days, on 23 June 2025. The amendment regulations make changes to the NHS (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical [...]

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We have updated our Contract changes: DSP regulatory FAQs news item with a new FAQ: Some DSP pharmacies have been planning to deliver the COVID-19 and Influenza vaccination services during late 2025 and early 2026 onsite, at the Distance Selling Premises. Will they be allowed to do so? Yes. The Department of Health and Social Care, [...]

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The GPhC has jointly issued an enforcement notice with the ASA and MHRA, which makes it clear that adverts for named prescription-only medicines (POMs) for weight management are prohibited. The GPhC will write to pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and ...

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has today written to pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy owners to raise awareness of some emerging issues which have led to concerns being raised with them, and asked everyone to review the information provided and consider what actions they may need to take, depending on their role and the setting(s) [...]

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This week, the Government confirmed that it is introducing Hub and Spoke dispensing Model 1 and changes to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 will be made in the coming weeks. In 2022, DHSC consulted for a second time on Hub and Spoke dispensing between community pharmacy businesses. They proposed two models: Model 1, where the medicines are returned [...]

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