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Regulations permitting hub and spoke dispensing between different retail pharmacy businesses have come into effect today (1st October 2025).  It has been almost 10 years since draft legislation was proposed to enable hub and spoke dispensing between different retail pharmacy businesses. Today, on 1st October 2025, hub and spoke provisions in The Human Medicines (Amendments [...]

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Independent pharmacy owners are being invited to express interest in joining our committee. One additional place has been created for the category of pharmacy owners operating between one and nine pharmacy premises. The changes are part of ongoing work to adjust the composition and size of our committee, to better reflect the make-up of the [...]

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Minister of State for Care, Stephen Kinnock MP, took part in a Community Pharmacy England-led panel event to discuss building a future-fit NHS, at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. Minister Kinnock was joined by Janet Morrison, Chief Executive of Community Pharmacy England; Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive at The King’s Fund; and Rosie Beacon, Head [...]

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A licensed version of Bisoprolol 1mg/ml oral solution sugar free was launched by Aspire Pharma Ltd in August 2025. However, at the same time an unlicensed version of Bisoprolol 5mg/5ml oral solution was listed in Part VIIIB of the Drug Tariff. According to the Drug Tariff rules, any generically written prescription for Bisoprolol 5mg/5ml (or [...]

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Today (Wednesday 1st October 2025), several service and regulatory changes have come into effect, as well as today being the start date for several national services. Below is a summary of all these service developments and regulatory changes. Commencement of services From today, pharmacies registered to provide the services, can start to provide the Childhood [...]

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