Lexpos News

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (27/11/2025) confirmed the following list of price concessions for November 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Betamethasone 500microgram soluble tablets sugar free 100 £46.65 Cyclizine 50mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules 5 £3.80 Dexamethasone 500microgram tablets 28 £1.87 Fenofibrate micronised 67mg capsules 90 £8.69 Lansoprazole 30mg orodispersible tablets [...]

The post November 2025 Price Concessions 5th Update appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

From 1 December 2025, the use of the ‘FS’ prescriber endorsement has been extended to treatments used in the management of tuberculosis (TB) and latent TB infections, including the effects of TB and the adverse effects from TB treatment. Pharmacy teams should ensure that no prescription charge is levied for any items endorsed ‘FS’ by [...]

The post Use of ‘FS’ endorsement extended to Tuberculosis (TB) treatments appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Baclofen 10mg Tablets (Special Concept Development UK Limited) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/51 Date issued: 27 November 2025 Special Concept Development UK Limited has informed the MHRA that the Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) for the batches listed in this notification do not contain the correct safety information. DMRC reference number: DMRC – [...]

The post Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Baclofen 10mg Tablets (Special Concept Development UK Limited) appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Chancellor announced her Budget in Parliament today (26th November), setting out the Government’s spending plans for the coming financial year. In terms of healthcare, the Budget commits £300 million of investment in technology to improve patient service and 250 new neighbourhood health centres. The Chancellor went on to say that the Government would be “expanding more [...]

The post Chancellor delivers Budget speech appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

As part of ongoing work and plans to improve the management of medicines supply issues, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England have published leaflets and posters for patients, community pharmacies and general practices about what to do when faced with medicine supply issues. These resources can be found on the [...]

The post DHSC publishes medicines shortages leaflets and posters appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.