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A video explaining the recent improvements to the price concessions process is now available for community pharmacy teams to watch. Part of Community Pharmacy England’s ‘Funding & Reimbursement Shorts’ series, the new video guides viewers through recent changes to the price concession process. The regular series of short videos, launched to enhance understanding of common [...]

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Pharmacy teams should be aware that the following three HRT medicines have been discontinued and will be removed from the list of medicines covered by the HRT PPC on 1 August 2024: Bedol® 2mg tablets Climanor® 5mg tablets Clinorette® tablets As Climanor® 5mg tablets is now discontinued, the generic Medroxyprogesterone 5mg tablets will also be removed from the [...]

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The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) produces a quarterly newsletter called “Hints & Tips for dispensing contractors”. The latest edition (Issue 55) contains some useful information and advice on: Prescription switching – reduce the chances of it happening to you NHS Prescription Prepayment Certificates (PPC) Medicines covered by the Hormone Replacement Therapy Prescription Prepayment Certificate [...]

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A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 17 Issue 12 July 2024) has been published and includes articles on: Epimax Ointment and Epimax Paraffin-Free Ointment: reports of ocular surface toxicity and ocular chemical injury Letters and medicine recalls sent to healthcare professionals in June 2024. To see the latest [...]

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In response to significant ongoing disruption to the supply of some Quetiapine tablets, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued nine new Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs). The nine new SSPs, introduced with immediate effect, allow community pharmacists to consider different options to enable continued supply of quetiapine tablets to mitigate the ongoing [...]

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