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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Midazolam (Epistatus®) 7.5mg/0.75ml oromucosal solution pre-filled oral syringes sugar free. MSN/2026/023 Tier 2 – Medium impact Date of issue: 05 May 2026 Midazolam (Epistatus®) 7.5mg/0.75ml oromucosal solution pre-filled oral syringes are currently out of stock until late-May 2026. Midazolam (Buccolam® and [...]

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The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) produces a quarterly newsletter called “Hints & Tips”. The latest edition (Issue 63) contains some useful information and advice on: New Drug Tariff Category H products April 2026 Drug Tariff changes Reimbursement price changes: January, February and March 2026 Prescription endorsing: invoice prices Sorting your end of month batch [...]

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As we move into the warmer months, pharmacy teams may start to see people presenting with tick bites and potentially symptoms of Lyme disease. While tick bites/Lyme disease is not treatable under the Pharmacy First clinical pathway for infected insect bites, with patients needing to be signposted onwards, patients may present with a tick bite with an erythema [...]

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The process and timeline for this year’s Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) have been confirmed.  NHS England has confirmed that, as last year, the screening questionnaire will run throughout July, and the full CPAF questionnaire will run throughout October 2026.   Completion of CPAF is a requirement of the Terms of Service. Therefore, pharmacy owners must complete the screening questionnaire and, if required, the full CPAF questionnaire.  The screening questions and [...]

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Pharmacy teams rely on NHS Smartcards to access essential NHS systems. NHS England and Community Pharmacy England are re-asking all pharmacy staff who use Smartcards to carry out a few simple checks now — to avoid disruption later. Some older Smartcards will stop working from 7th May 2026, and others may stop working if contact [...]

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