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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 (15/11/2024) announced the following initial list of price concessions for November 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Apixaban 2.5mg tablets 60 £4.20 Cefalexin 500mg capsules 21 £2.67 Chloramphenicol [...]

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Community Pharmacy England’s in-house Drug Tariff and funding experts have created a new video providing guidance on how to correctly endorse and claim for any supplies made against a Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP). This is part of Community Pharmacy England’s ‘Funding & Reimbursement Shorts’ series, which has been created to provide pharmacy owners and their [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that sufficient stock of Monomax® XL 60mg tablets is now available to meet normal demand. As a result the Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP), SSP074 Monomax® XL 60mg tablets expires at 23.59pm on Friday 15 November 2024. After this date, any prescriptions for Monomax® XL 60mg tablets [...]

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Are you passionate about community pharmacy services? If so, we may have the perfect job opportunity for you! We are seeking a new recruit to join our Services Team to support the development of community pharmacy services, with a particular focus on locally commissioned services. There will be plenty of interesting work to do as [...]

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Since the Autumn Budget, Community Pharmacy England has been working to ensure that the impact of the announced changes on community pharmacies is fully understood by Government, and to argue once again that community pharmacies urgently need a funding uplift. Chief Executive Janet Morrison met with Minister for Care Stephen Kinnock on the day of [...]

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