Lexpos News

Pharmacy teams should be aware that all strengths of Subutex® and Suboxone® tablets have been discontinued. The manufacturer, Indivior, is no longer supplying these products in the UK therefore, they are no longer available for community pharmacies to order. Please note that if a prescriber has issued a branded prescription for any strength of Subutex®, [...]

The post Discontinuation of Subutex® and Suboxone® tablets appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

This article tackles some of the misconceptions around rejecting Pharmacy First referrals and aims to bust myths to increase understanding of the service. We have previously published a series of articles on myth busting covering a variety of aspects of Pharmacy First. All of these myths can be viewed on our Pharmacy First service – [...]

The post Pharmacy First myth busting: To reject or not to reject? appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets. MSN/2026/001 Tier 3 – High impact Date of issue: 12 January 2026 Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets will be in limited supply from early February until early June 2026. Paracetamol 500mg tablets remain available and can support a full uplift [...]

The post Medicine Supply Notification: Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England will be holding a webinar in collaboration with NHS England about the new Seasonal Vaccination Service on Wednesday 21st January at 7.30pm. The new Advanced service covers the provision of both seasonal vaccinations (COVID-19 and adult flu) in community pharmacy for the 2026/27 season. On the night David Onuoha, Service Development Manager and [...]

The post Seasonal Vaccination Service 2026/27 – webinar appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that prescriptions for Cleen Ready-to-use 133ml enema (Sodium dihydrogen phosphate dihydrate 18.1% / Disodium hydrogen phosphate dodecahydrate 8% 133ml enema) dispensed in November and December 2025 will be correctly reimbursed based on its increased NHS list price which had not been reflected in the published [...]

The post Cleen Ready-to-use enema Drug Tariff price adjustment – November and December 2025 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.