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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Fiasp® FlexTouch® (insulin aspart) 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens. MSN/2024/027 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 4th March 2024 Fiasp® FlexTouch® (insulin aspart) 100units/ml pre-filled pens will be out of stock from April 2024 until January 2025. [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has launched its third annual Pressures Survey and we hope to hear directly from everyone who owns or works in a community pharmacy. The situation for community pharmacies is now critical and we know this is impacting on workload, stress levels, patients, and businesses. We want to hear more about this, and [...]

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NHS England has announced a new expression of interest (EOI) process for pharmacy owners that wish to take part in this spring’s COVID-19 Vaccination Service and are able to assist with provision of additional capacity in specific postcode areas. The published postcode areas*, where additional capacity is being sought, are in the following regions: East [...]

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Webinar Details When is it? Wednesday 20th March 2024 at 7pm Who should sign up? All pharmacy owners are required to give yearly information governance, data and security assurances to the NHS via the online self-assessment. You can find out more about data and security protection at: cpe.org.uk/ds How do I register? Please sign up [...]

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From 1st March 2024, an additional fixed out-of-pocket expense payment of £50 will be automatically applied to NHS prescriptions for Cefuroxime 5% eye drops preservative free (a non-Drug Tariff special). Due to the unique temperature-controlled transport and storage requirements of Cefuroxime 5% eye drops preservative free, significant delivery and handling charges are generally incurred by [...]

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