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Pharmacist flexibilities “should be the norm”, Community Pharmacy England has said in a draft response to Government proposals. A Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC’s) consultation is proposing enabling community pharmacists to supply a different strength or formulation (which may mean a different quantity) of the same medicine originally prescribed where the prescribed medicine [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (23/10/2025) confirmed the following list of price concessions for October 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Alfuzosin 2.5mg tablets 60 £6.85 Bumetanide 1mg tablets 28 £2.95 Buprenorphine 8mg sublingual tablets sugar free 7 £3.85 Clarithromycin 125mg/5ml oral suspension 70 £10.88 Clarithromycin 250mg/5ml oral suspension 70 £19.67 Duloxetine [...]

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MHRA Class 3 Medicines Recall: Ipratropium Bromide 500 microgram / 2ml Nebuliser Solution (Accord Healthcare Ltd) Drug Alert Number: EL(25)A/45 Date issued: 23 October 2025 Accord Healthcare Ltd is recalling a batch of Ipratropium Bromide 500 microgram/2ml Nebuliser Solution after a foil pouch was found to contain ampoules with incorrect labels intended for the Korean market. [...]

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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Notification: Various Products (Relonchem Ltf) Date issued: 23 October 2025 Relonchem Ltd has informed the MHRA that duplicate GTIN numbers have been assigned to certain Losartan potassium/Hydrochlorothiazide coated tablets in error and a duplicate EAN number has been assigned to certain Risperidone tablets in error. DMRC reference number: DMRC-36849945/DMRC-36701307 Marketing Authorisation [...]

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Next Wednesday (29th November 2025), is the planned ‘go live’ date for the expansion of the Pharmacy Contraception Service (PCS) and the New Medicine Service (NMS). NHS England will confirm ahead of this date whether the necessary changes have been made to IT systems to allow the changes to commence from this date. Ahead of [...]

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