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Community pharmacy teams are reminded that, from 6 April 2025, patients who hold a tax credit exemption certificate will no longer receive automatic entitlement to free NHS prescriptions under the ‘Tax Credit exemption certificate’ category. This is because HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will be ending tax credit payments on 5 April 2025. To help [...]

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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 (20/03/2025) announced the following list of price concessions for March 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Acamprosate 333mg gastro-resistant tablets 168 £21.65 Alendronic acid 70mg tablets 4 £1.21 [...]

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Ahead of the 31st March 2025 deadline*, pharmacy owners are reminded to regularly update their NHS Profile Manager each quarter, ensuring their NHS website and Directory of Services (DoS) profile information remains current. According to NHS Terms of Service, pharmacy owners must verify and update their opening hours, contact details, facilities, and services information for [...]

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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 (18/03/2025) announced the following initial list of price concessions for March 2025: Drug  Pack size Price concession Alfuzosin 2.5mg tablets 60 £4.46 Bimatoprost 300micrograms/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye [...]

The post March 2025 Price Concessions 1st Update appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

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 (18/03/2025) announced the following initial list of price concessions for March 2025: Drug  Pack size Price concession Alfuzosin 2.5mg tablets 60 £4.46 Bimatoprost 300micrograms/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye [...]

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