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As part of our Funding & Reimbursement Shorts series, Community Pharmacy England’s in-house Drug Tariff and funding experts have created a new video on prescription switching. For the end-of-month submission, pharmacy teams are required to sort paper prescriptions into paid and exempt groups. Prescription switching occurs when an FP10 paper prescription is submitted in the wrong charge [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (22/04/2025) confirmed the following initial list of price concessions for April 2025.  Drug Pack size Price concession Alendronic acid 70mg tablets 4 £1.15 Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment 4 £3.08 Clarithromycin 125mg/5ml oral suspension 70 £6.30 Duloxetine 30mg gastro-resistant capsules 28 £1.99 Duloxetine 60mg gastro-resistant capsules [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Fentanyl (Durogesic® DTrans®) 12micrograms/hour, 25micrograms/hour, 50micrograms/hour, 75micrograms/hour, and 100micrograms/hour patches. MSN/2025/023 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 15th April 2025 Durogesic® DTrans® 75micrograms/hour patches are out of stock until December 2025. Durogesic® DTrans® 12micrograms/hour patches will be out of [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Galantamine 8mg, 16mg and 24mg modified-release capsules. MSN/2025/022 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 11th April 2025 Galantamine 8mg modified release capsules are in limited supply until late July 2025. Galantamine 16mg modified release capsules will be out of [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Triamcinolone acetonide 10mg/ml (Adcortyl® ampoules) and 40mg/ml (Kenalog® vials) suspension for injection. MSN/2025/021 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 7th April 2025 Triamcinolone acetonide 10mg/ml (Adcortyl® ampoules) and 40mg/ml (Kenalog® vials) suspension for injection are being discontinued with stock [...]

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