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As part of our Funding & Reimbursement Shorts series, Community Pharmacy England’s in-house Drug Tariff experts have created a new video discussing the structure of the Drug Tariff. In this video, we provide guidance on the different parts of Part VIII of the Drug Tariff, with a particular focus on Part VIIIA. In this video, Mitesh [...]

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Following the introduction of Category H in March 2026, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that the following 8 products will move from Category C to Category H, effective from September 2026: Alfuzosin 10mg modified-release tablets Diclofenac 100mg suppositories Felodipine 10mg modified-release tablets Felodipine 2.5mg modified-release tablets Felodipine 5mg modified-release tablets [...]

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NHS England have today (6th August 2026), published an updated version of the Hypertension Case-Finding Service (HCFS) specification. This revised version has been agreed by Community Pharmacy England and it contains a number of changes to the service requirements which were agreed as part of the 2025/26 CPCF negotiations. Download the revised service specification The [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has highlighted the ongoing impact of medicines shortages on community pharmacy teams and patients at a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pharmacy. The meeting, Maximising Value for Medicines: One Year On from the Medicines Shortages Report, brought together Parliamentarians and representatives from Government, the pharmaceutical industry, wholesalers, patient organisations and [...]

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