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In light of surveillance data indicating that circulation of influenza in the community has returned to baseline levels, the Department of Health and Social Care has published an alert to inform prescribers working in primary care and pharmacy teams that antiviral medicines should no longer be prescribed.  Community pharmacists should no longer supply antiviral medicines [...]

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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Various Chemidex Pharma Ltd Products Drug alert number: EL(25)A/21 Date issued: 13 May 2025 Chemidex Pharma Ltd has informed the MHRA that the Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) in their topical steroid products does not contain all the required safety information. Cartons for the products/batches listed are missing side effect information [...]

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Community Pharmacy England on behalf of pharmacy owners made further applications to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), resulting in a further 2 new products being added to the ‘Drugs for which Discount is Not Deducted’ (DND) list from 1 May 2025. This takes the total [...]

The post Ivermectin 3mg tablets and Paxlovid 150mg/100mg tablets added to the Discount Not Deducted (DND) list from May 2025 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

With Early May Bank Holiday (5 May 2025) occurring in the first five days of the FP34C submission window, pharmacy owners will have an extra day, until the end of 6 May 2025, to submit their April FP34Cs using the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal and to dispatch their prescription bundle to the relevant pricing [...]

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The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) produces a quarterly newsletter called “Hints & Tips for dispensing contractors”. The latest edition (Issue 58) contains some useful information and advice on: Tax credits ended on Saturday 5 April 2025 NHS Pharmacy First Service – PPV activity MYS January activity – Monday 5 May 2025 deadline Correctly using [...]

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