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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, the Department has today (22/10/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for October 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Agomelatine 25mg tablets 28 £13.50 Amitriptyline 50mg/5ml oral solution sugar free 150 [...]

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National Patient Safety Alert: Discontinuation of Kay-Cee-L® (potassium chloride 375mg/5ml) (potassium chloride 5mmol/5ml) syrup National Patient Safety Alert Reference Number: NatPSA/2024/011/DHSC Date issued: 21-Oct-2024 This NatPSA supersedes NatPSA/2024/008/DHSC This alert is for action by: All organisations involved in prescribing, dispensing and administering Kay-Cee-L® (potassium chloride 375mg/5ml) (potassium chloride 5mmol/5ml) syrup. This is a safety critical [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for NovoRapid® (insulin aspart) FlexTouch® 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens MSN/2024/103 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 16th October 2024 TO NOTE: This is the first of three MSNs covering discontinuations with Novo Nordisk insulin products (NovoRapid® FlexTouch®, [...]

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Update 07/01/2025: NovoRapid® (insulin aspart) FlexTouch® 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens are out of stock until late February 2025 and will subsequently be discontinued from March 2025. Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for NovoRapid® (insulin aspart) FlexTouch® 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens MSN/2024/103 [...]

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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, the Department has today (15/10/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for October 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Cefalexin 500mg capsules 21 £2.67 Chloramphenicol 0.5% eye drops 10 £2.90 Clarithromycin [...]

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