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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 Aqueous cream 100 £1.11 Clarithromycin 125mg/5ml oral suspension 70 £4.72 Clotrimazole 500mg [...]

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Update 31/10/204 – This recall notification has been updated since its initial publication on 29 October 2024 to include the correct description for Labetalol 200mg Tablets. Tillomed Laboratories Limited erroneously provided incorrect information pertaining the description and have ensured that all other information is correct. Please ensure that appropriate action is taken. Drug alert number: [...]

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More than 1.3 million unfunded consultations a week – or just over 69 million a year – are now being carried out by community pharmacy teams in England, according to Community Pharmacy England’s 2024 Pharmacy Advice Audit. This is nearly 50% more consultations than in 2020, and is despite the introduction of the Pharmacy First [...]

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iNews The findings from Community Pharmacy England’s 2024 Pharmacy Advice Audit, released today, highlight that pharmacies are providing several million walk-in consultations each year. Our report shows the scale of underfunded work pharmacies are taking on, including the number of GP appointments they are saving the NHS annually, and the huge demand pharmacies in England [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has released a series of resources to help further promote the Flu Vaccination Service to patients and members of the public. Community pharmacy owners and their teams are working extremely hard to provide the flu vaccination service in a more compressed time scale this year. The change in the timing follows clinical [...]

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