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NHS England has issued an operational briefing via its regions to all pharmacies and general practices providing an update on the Meningococcal disease outbreak in Kent and announcing the waiving of NHS prescription charges for prophylactic oral Ciprofloxacin prescriptions issued to patients in relation to the outbreak. Prescribers in general practices have been asked to [...]

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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Vesomni 6 mg/0.4 mg modified release tablets (Quadrant Pharmaceuticals Limited) Drug alert number: EL(26)A/16 Date issued: 26 March 2026 Quadrant Pharmaceuticals Limited have informed the MHRA that their parallel imported packs of Vesomni 6 mg/0.4 mg modified release tablets have been printed with the incorrect barcode/GTIN on the carton. DMRC [...]

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Regular occurrences of abuse against community pharmacy teams are making their working life increasingly difficult, and at times dangerous, new research from Community Pharmacy England has demonstrated. A recent survey of more than 3,000 pharmacy premises found that: More than half (55%) of pharmacies had experienced verbal abuse in the preceding six months, with three-quarters [...]

The post Racist, hostile, verbal and physical abuse of pharmacy teams now a regular occurrence appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Pharmacy owners have until the end of Tuesday 31st March 2026 to have their evidence to demonstrate meeting the 2025/26 Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) domains that they have claimed for. Pharmacy owners were required to complete a PQS declaration between 9am on 2nd February 2026 and 11.59pm on 27th February 2026. However, pharmacy owners have [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (24/03/2026) confirmed the following list of price concessions for March 2026: Drug Pack size Price concession Adapalene 0.1% cream 45 £18.26 Adapalene 0.1% gel 45 £18.26 Alfuzosin 2.5mg tablets 60 £6.67 Amlodipine 2.5mg tablets 28 £3.88 Aripiprazole 15mg tablets 28 £1.02 Aspirin 75mg dispersible tablets 28 [...]

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