Email addresses for the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) are changing. For pharmacy teams this means that some of the email addresses previously used to contact NHS Prescription Services will no longer work. There will be a small transition period where emails sent to the old address will be automatically forwarded. This ends on Tuesday [...]
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From Thursday 29 June 2023, the NHSBSA has enabled functionality to allow pharmacies to sell all types of Prescription Prepayment Certificates (PPCs) through the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal. The selling of PPCs through the MYS portal is an optional, unfunded activity for pharmacies. Patients can purchase PPCs directly from the NHSBSA website, and this is the [...]
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A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 16 Issue 11 June 2023) has been published and includes articles on: Calcium chloride, calcium gluconate: potential risk of underdosing with calcium gluconate in severe hyperkalaemia Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs): potential risks following prolonged use after 20 weeks of pregnancy Letters and [...]
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Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners (our members), the Department has today (22/06/2023) announced the following list of price concessions for June 2023: Drug Pack size Price concession Amisulpride 50mg tablets 60 £12.34 Atorvastatin 20mg tablets 28 £1.56 Brinzolamide [...]
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Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners (our members), the Department has today (01/06/2023) announced the following final list of price concessions for May 2023: Drug Pack size Price concession Amoxicillin 125mg/5ml oral suspension 100 £2.98 Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral [...]
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