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Further information and details about margin delivery have been released to help explain the arrangements in a clearer way. Funding arrangements for community pharmacies, particularly the processes around delivery of retained margin, are not straightforward and it can be difficult for pharmacy owners to predict the impact of any changes on their businesses. Since the [...]

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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Brilique 90mg tablets (G Pharma Ltd) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/18 Date issued: 24 April 2025 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Brilique 90mg tablets (G Pharma Ltd) as G Pharma Ltd have informed the MHRA that there is [...]

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As part of our Funding & Reimbursement Shorts series, Community Pharmacy England’s in-house Drug Tariff and funding experts have created a new video on prescription switching. In this video, Alisha Khatri and Sarah Welbourne from our Dispensing and Supply Team discuss the topic of prescription switching to explain: What prescription switching is and why FP10 paper prescriptions [...]

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The Government is yet to conclude consideration of any increases to prescription charges and NHS prescription pre-payment certificates (PPCs) for 2025/26. Therefore, the current charges will roll over into May 2025. Community Pharmacy England will update community pharmacy teams as soon as any changes are announced by Ministers, including details of when they will be [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (22/04/2025) confirmed the following initial list of price concessions for April 2025.  Drug Pack size Price concession Alendronic acid 70mg tablets 4 £1.15 Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment 4 £3.08 Clarithromycin 125mg/5ml oral suspension 70 £6.30 Duloxetine 30mg gastro-resistant capsules 28 £1.99 Duloxetine 60mg gastro-resistant capsules [...]

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