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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 (24/11/2023) announced the following list of price concessions for November 2023. Drug Pack size Price concession Benzoyl peroxide 5% / Clindamycin 1% gel 60 £22.15 Clotrimazole 1% cream [...]

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A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 17 Issue 4 November 2023) has been published and includes articles on: Ozempic▼(semaglutide) and Saxenda (liraglutide): vigilance required due to potentially harmful falsified products Nirmatrelvir, ritonavir (Paxlovid▼): be alert to the risk of drug interactions with ritonavir E-cigarette use or vaping: reminder [...]

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Pharmacy press LloydsPharmacy, once holding the position of the country’s second-largest community pharmacy chain has confirmed its departure from the high street. The chain confirms that all their pharmacies are now sold and four stores have closed. We have issued the following statement in response to this. Our Chief Executive Janet Morrison said: “The decision by [...]

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, gave his Autumn Statement to Parliament yesterday (22nd), setting out future Government spending plans. One of the key announcements in the Statement was that the National Minimum Wage (NMW) is set to increase from £10.42 to £11.44. Minsters said this represented a rise of more than £1,800 a [...]

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The Pharmaceutical Journal Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) often comes up as a concern with regards to giving community pharmacists the ability to prescribe antibiotic via PGDs. The Government has indicated an awareness of this in the announcement of the new national Pharmacy First service, saying that it will “be closely monitoring the Pharmacy First service post-launch, particularly [...]

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