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A new provision has been agreed from February 2025 which provides pharmacy owners with a longer time period to claim for provision of certain services if IT issues outside of a pharmacy owner’s control have prevented them from making a claim within the required time period. This new provision applies to the following services: Hypertension [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has today hosted representatives of 35 Local Pharmaceutical Committees (LPCs) for in-person negotiation training with the independent consultancy, PA consulting.   PA Consulting has extensive experience working across Government and advising on policy making and investment strategy. During 2024/25 they ran a series of negotiation training sessions for Community Pharmacy England committee members [...]

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This is the tenth of a series of articles to tackle some of the misconceptions around Pharmacy First. The articles will cover a variety of aspects of Pharmacy First and aims to myth bust, to increase understanding of the service. Remote Pharmacy First consultations can be provided by a pharmacist who is not present on [...]

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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 (21/01/2025) announced the following list of price concessions for January 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Benzydamine 0.15% mouthwash sugar free 300 £4.65 Cefalexin 500mg tablets 21 £2.99 [...]

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Updated 22/01/2025 – This recall notification has been updated since its initial publication on 21 January 2025 to include the correct batch information for several batches. Bells Healthcare erroneously provided incorrect information pertaining to the expiry date of several batches and have ensured that all other batch information is correct. Please ensure that appropriate action [...]

The post MHRA Class 2 Medicines Recall: Tesco Health Dry Cough Relief 200ml, Asda Strong Dry Tickly Cough 200ml, Almus Dry Cough Relief & Bells Dual Action Dry Cough- Updated appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.