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A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 17 Issue 9 April 2024) has been published and includes articles on: Finasteride: reminder of the risk of psychiatric side effects and of sexual side effects (which may persist after discontinuation of treatment) Montelukast: reminder of the risk of neuropsychiatric reactions Letters [...]

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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 10 new products being added to the ‘Drugs for which Discount is Not Deducted’ (DND) list from 1 May 2024. This takes the total [...]

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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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