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The Home Office has announced that the Ask for ANI emergency codeword scheme that was launched during the pandemic will conclude on 4th November 2024. Both the Ask for ANI and Safe Spaces programme featured in the 2022/23 Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) with staff being asked to complete reading and training around the two schemes. [...]

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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Linezolid 600 mg film-coated tablets (Sandoz Ltd) Drug alert number: EL (24)A/48 Date issued: 10 October 2024 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Linezolid 600 mg film-coated tablets (Sandoz Ltd) Company name: Sandoz Ltd Product name: Linezolid 600 [...]

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Following the launch of the autumn vaccination season on 3rd October 2024, pharmacy owners are reminded to encourage their pharmacy staff to book an appointment for their COVID-19 booster vaccinations. Eligible frontline health and care professionals may be offered a COVID-19 vaccination by their employer (e.g. pharmacies commissioned to provide COVID-19 vaccinations), can book through [...]

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Owners of 10 or more pharmacies are being invited to become observers to the Community Pharmacy England Committee, as an interim measure while the Committee begins work on permanent changes. Community Pharmacy England has written to all community pharmacy owners with 10 or more pharmacy premises in England (the non-CCA multiple category) to offer them [...]

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Following representations made by Community Pharmacy England on behalf of community pharmacy owners, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has redetermined the September 2024 concessionary price for Metformin 500mg modified-release tablets: Drug Pack size Price concession Metformin 500mg modified-release tablets 56 £3.26 (previously £2.00) The improved price will apply to prescriptions submitted for [...]

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