The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that from 1st April 2023, the NHS prescription charge will increase to £9.65 per prescription item (note: some items may incur more than one charge). Amendments to the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations have been laid before Parliament which will introduce changes [...]
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Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Clexane 10,000 IU (100mg) / 1ml Syringes (Star Pharmaceuticals Ltd) Drug alert number: EL (23)A/08 Date issued: 9 March 2023 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Clexane 10,000 IU (100mg) / 1ml Syringes (Star Pharmaceuticals Ltd), PLPI 20636/1822 [...]
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Following representations from PSNC, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that the following products have been granted upward retrospective pricing adjustments due to out of date product and/or pricing information held on NHS dictionary of medicines and devices (dm+d): To apply for June 2022 prescriptions: Aptamil® Anti-Reflux powder (800 gram) – [...]
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Drug alert number: EL(23)A/06 Date issued: 2 March 2023 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 2 medicines recall for: Levothyroxine 12.5mcg Tablets (Teva UK Limited) – PL 00289/1971 Batch Number Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed 214052 10 2023 28 tablets 20 July 2022 Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients: Levothyroxine Sodium [...]
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Update 27/4/2023 – The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has provided an update on 11 Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) that were due to expire 28 April 2023. The following SSPs have been further extended to 12 May 2023. Please note that unless there are unexpected changes to the supply situation this will be [...]
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