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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for the following products: Buprenorphine (Relevtec®) 35micrograms/hour, 52.5micrograms/hour, 70micrograms/hour transdermal patches Buprenorphine (Bupeaze®) 52.5micrograms/hour transdermal patches MSN/2025/038 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 19/06/2025 Buprenorphine (Relevtec®) 35micrograms/hour, 52.5micrograms/hour and 70micrograms/hour transdermal patches are out of stock until early August [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (19/06/2025) confirmed the following initial list of price concessions for June 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Alfuzosin 2.5mg tablets 60 £6.21 Amiodarone 200mg tablets 28 £2.39 Betamethasone 500microgram soluble tablets sugar free 100 £36.00 Clarithromycin 125mg/5ml oral suspension 70 £6.08 Clarithromycin 250mg/5ml oral suspension 70 [...]

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More than half of pharmacy owners are yet to complete their Data Security and Protection Toolkit 2025 ahead of the imminent deadline in less than two weeks. Community Pharmacy England has published guidance to help community pharmacy owners complete the Data Security and Protection Toolkit 2025. The Toolkit is used to make a pharmacy’s information [...]

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The Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) has launched a new BoneMed online service, a free service to supports patients taking medicines for osteoporosis and remove barriers to medicines adherence. After a five minute online survey, patients receive an online medicine summary and six emails over a year tailored to the medicine they’ve been prescribed. Topics covered include: [...]

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The Cybersecurity Unit at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is launching a pilot study to explore the benefits of enhanced cybersecurity support for community pharmacies. This initiative follows a recent sector-wide cyber survey, which highlighted the need for greater support. The pilot is being delivered in collaboration with the National Cyber Security [...]

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