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The Drug Tariff Category M pricelist for January 2025 has been published on the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) website. Based on our analysis of the Category M price list for January 2025, Community Pharmacy England estimates there will be an overall reduction in reimbursement of approximately -£34m per quarter, resulting from the combination of: A [...]

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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 (20/12/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for December 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Alendronic acid 70mg/100ml oral solution unit dose sugar free 4 £28.78 Alfuzosin [...]

The post December 2024 Price Concessions 3rd Update appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Trade press Responding to a Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announcement about investment into, and changes for, General Practice for the financial year 2025/26, Community Pharmacy England Chief Executive Janet Morrison said:  “It is extraordinary that the Government has announced what looks to be a generous investment in General Practice for 2025/26 before [...]

The post Our Response to the DHSC Announcement on General Practice Investment and Changes for 2025/26 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Estradiol (Estradot®) 50micrograms/24 hours, 75micrograms/24 hours, and 100micrograms/24 hours transdermal patches. MSN/2024/115 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 19th December 2024 Estradiol (Estradot®) 75micrograms/24hours and 100micrograms/24hours transdermal patches will be out of stock until mid-January 2025 Estradiol (Estradot®) 50micrograms/24hours [...]

The post Medicine Supply Notification: Estradiol (Estradot® ) 50micrograms/24 hours, 75micrograms/24 hours, and 100micrograms/24 hours transdermal patches appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

In response to a significant ongoing disruption to the supply of some strengths of Estradot® patches, three Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP) has been issued by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Effective today 19th December 2024, SSP079, provides that for every Estradot® 50micrograms/24hours patch originally prescribed either one Evorel® 50 patch or one [...]

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