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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 (14/12/2023) announced the following initial list of price concessions for December 2023. Community Pharmacy England has received a large number of reports of products not available at their [...]

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We have published a new page on our website which provides a list of important dates for the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) which relate to national pharmacy services (Advanced services and National Enhanced services). The page also highlights important dates for Terms of Service (ToS) requirements, as well as dates when relevant news stories [...]

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The October 2023 Drug Tariff was updated to include a deadline for submission of any outstanding referred back (unpaid) prescriptions to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) for payment. Following this update, NHSBSA has seen a spike in the number of  referred back prescriptions submitted by pharmacies in the past month. The January 2024 Drug [...]

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Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Clobazam 5mg/5ml and 10mg/5ml oral suspension (Atnahs Pharma UK Limited) Drug alert number: EL(23)A/43 Date issued: 13 December 2023 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Clobazam 5mg/5ml and 10mg/5ml oral suspension (Atnahs Pharma UK Limited) Company name: Atnahs [...]

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Update – 19th December 2023 – There has been an update to the process, below, that the PAT will follow. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Provider Assurance Team (PA Team) will soon start to undertake provider assurance work with pharmacy owners providing the Lateral Flow Devices (LFD) test supply service. The reviews, commissioned by [...]

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