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Drug alert number: EL (24)A/12 Date issued: 10 April 2024 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 3 medicines recall for: Co-Codamol 8/500mg Effervescent tablets (Accord-UK Ltd (Key Pharmaceuticals Livery)) PL 0142/1258 SNOMED Code: 42596911000001102 Batch No Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed G2301502 08/2025 8 x 4 tablets 08-Dec-2023 [...]

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The look of your monthly Schedule of Payments (and eSchedules) is changing from April 2024. The next payment schedule due to be received on the 23 April (for February 2024 dispensing month) will have several improvements including: Breakdown of Pharmacy First payments, alongside activity data relating to this Total reimbursement and discount deduction split by generics/brands/appliances [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that from 1st May 2024, the NHS prescription charge will increase to £9.90 per prescription item (note: some items may incur more than one charge). For prescriptions dispensed in April 2024, the NHS prescription charge will remain at £9.65. Amendments to the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs [...]

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The new FreeStyle Libre® 2 Plus sensors recently launched by Abbott Diabetes Care Ltd have been added to the Appliances section in Part IXA of the April 2024 Drug Tariff.  At the same time, the sensors have also been included in the Drugs for which Discount is Not Deducted (DND) list (Part II of the Drug Tariff). [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is currently unable to confirm whether or not NHS prescription charges will be uplifted in 2024. The NHS prescription charge and the cost of Prescription Pre-payment Certificates (PPCs) are reviewed annually with changes usually made in April, but this year the Government has yet to conclude consideration [...]

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