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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Oxybutynin 5mg modified-release tablets. MSN/2023/116 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 18th December 2023 Oxybutynin 5mg modified-release tablets are out of stock until early April 2024. Oxybutynin immediate release formulations (tablets and liquid) remain available and can support increased [...]

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It is just over six weeks till the Pharmacy First service is due to start (31st January 2024); community pharmacists in England are reminded that they can access NHS England funded Community Pharmacy Clinical Examination Skills training, which may be particularly helpful for supporting delivery of this service. The training, which is being delivered by [...]

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A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 17 Issue 5 December 2023) has been published and includes articles on: Aripiprazole (Abilify and generic brands): risk of pathological gambling Vitamin B12 (hydroxocobalamin, cyanocobalamin): advise patients with known cobalt allergy to be vigilant for sensitivity reactions Letters and medicine recalls sent [...]

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Pharmacy owners and their teams can now watch an on-demand recording of Community Pharmacy England’s webinar giving an overview of the Pharmacy First service. Held earlier this week, over 500 people tuned in to watch our ‘Pharmacy First: Getting to know the service’ webinar. The first in our series of webinars* aimed at assisting the [...]

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The Chief Pharmaceutical Officer (CPhO) for England, David Webb, has written to the community pharmacy sector about the Pharmacy First service in an end of year letter. Whilst thanking pharmacy colleagues for making a “valuable contribution” to the NHS this year, the CPhO notes that the agreement of the national Pharmacy First service marks a [...]

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