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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (05/05/2026) confirmed the following final list of price concessions for April 2026: Drug Pack size Price concession Candesartan 32mg tablets 28 £1.57 Candesartan 4mg tablets 7 £0.75 Dapagliflozin 10mg tablets 28 £6.30 Labetalol 200mg tablets 56 £17.87 Lacidipine 4mg tablets 28 £1.95 Phenobarbital 15mg tablets 28 [...]

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The following price concessions granted in April 2026 have rolled over to May 2026: Drug  Pack size Price concession Candesartan 4mg tablets 7 £0.75 Labetalol 200mg tablets 56 £17.87 Lacidipine 4mg tablets 28 £1.95 Ramipril 2.5mg capsules 28 £0.94 Sumatriptan 100mg tablets 6 £1.10 Please note any rolled over prices can be adjusted upwards if [...]

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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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