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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Propantheline bromide (Pro-Banthine®) 15mg tablets. MSN/2023/113 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 5th December 2023 Propantheline 15mg tablets are out of stock until early April 2024 Alternative oral antimuscarinic agents remain available. Where these are not suitable, unlicensed supplies [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Diazepam 2mg/5ml oral solution sugar free. MSN/2023/112 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 5th December 2023 Diazepam 2mg/5ml oral solution sugar free is out of stock until February 2024. Diazepam 2mg/5ml oral suspension is not currently marketed in the [...]

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Community Pharmacy England briefed 34 MPs about the impact of winter pressures on pharmacies at a drop-in event at the Houses of Parliament today (5th December). Our event, hosted by Judith Cummins MP, was organised as a way to talk to as many MPs as possible about the current winter pressures that pharmacies, like all [...]

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Community pharmacy England has today written to both the Health Secretary, Victoria Atkins MP and the Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting MP, to call for urgent consideration about how the sector is supported and to improve pharmacy representation on Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and Integrated Care Systems (ICSs).  These letters follow on from two roundtable [...]

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