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Every community pharmacy owner has an NHS Parent Organisation Code (POC). This is the unique code that identifies your parent organisation within the NHS. If you own a single pharmacy, you still have a POC. If you own multiple pharmacies, each pharmacy site should be correctly linked to the same POC. POCs are usually four [...]

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Spring 2026 campaign bookings open Pharmacy owners are reminded that the public will be able to book COVID-19 vaccination appointments via the national booking service (NBS) from 7th April 2026 for vaccination from Monday, 13th April 2026. Pharmacy owners are advised to load their intended appointments so that the public can book available appointments as [...]

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Following representations made by Community Pharmacy England on behalf of community pharmacy owners, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has redetermined January, February and March 2026 reimbursement prices for the following products to reflect an increase in their NHS list prices. To avoid pharmacy owners dispensing these products at a loss, DHSC has [...]

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The following price concessions granted in March 2026 have rolled over to April 2026: Drug  Pack size Price concession Apixaban 2.5mg tablets 60 £1.64 Lacosamide 200mg tablets 56 £4.42 Please note any rolled over prices can be adjusted upwards if we receive reports from pharmacy owners to indicate suppliers’ selling prices have increased. The review [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (02/04/2026) confirmed the following final list of price concessions for March 2026: Drug Pack size Price concession Apixaban 2.5mg tablets 60 £1.64 Apixaban 5mg tablets 56 £2.29 Nefopam 60mg tablets 60 £20.09 Nifedipine 5mg capsules 90 £44.80 For the full list of price concessions granted for [...]

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