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A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 17 Issue 6 January 2024) has been published and includes articles on: Valproate (Belvo, Convulex, Depakote, Dyzantil, Epilim, Epilim Chrono or Chronosphere, Episenta, Epival, and Syonell▼): new safety and educational materials to support regulatory  measures in men and women under 55 years [...]

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Community Pharmacy England will be hosting a series of online drop-in sessions around the launch date of the Pharmacy First service to assist pharmacy owners and their teams with any queries they may have on the service. The drop-in sessions will be held between 1-2pm on Microsoft Teams on: Monday 29th January 2024; Tuesday 30th [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has released a series of resources to help promote the new Pharmacy First service to patients and members of the public. Community pharmacy owners and their teams are working extremely hard to get ready to provide the new Pharmacy First service from 31st January 2024. Much of this work has been focused [...]

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Pharmacy owners and their teams can now watch an on-demand recording of Community Pharmacy England’s webinar, which provides practical guidance for preparing to launch the Pharmacy First service. Held earlier this week, around 500 people tuned in to watch our ‘Pharmacy First: Getting ready for launch’ webinar. The final event in our series of webinars [...]

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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 (19/01/2024) announced the following initial list of price concessions for January 2024. Please note: We are still in discussion with DHSC on a number other medicines affected by [...]

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