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The Community Pharmacy Patient Safety Group (CPPSG) has issued various bank holiday resources that are useful for pharmacy owners and their team members in the run-up to the Easter bank holiday period.  The resources focus on support for pharmacy owners managing additional challenges regarding opioid treatment programmes during bank holiday periods.  Focus on Methadone video – watch now  Bank Holiday Checklist – opioid treatment programmes – download now  Pharmacy owners and pharmacy team members are also reminded to follow [...]

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Pharmacy owners are reminded that they are not permitted to subcontract the New Medicine Service (NMS) to third-party, off-site providers. If they do, contrary to the Directions last year, they run the risk of recovery of the payment for these services by ICBs (through NHS England’s Post-Payment Verification processes) and being found in breach of [...]

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Pharmacy teams are reminded that the NHS prescription charge will remain at £9.90 per prescription item for 2026/27. A Government press release (released on 21/11/2025) previously confirmed that the NHS prescription charge would be frozen for 2026/27, as well as the costs for prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs). The list of 2026/27 prescription-related charges are outlined below. NHS charges for [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (31/03/2026) confirmed the following list of price concessions for March 2026: Please note: Community Pharmacy England has submitted price concession applications for a number of other medicines affected by pricing issues this month. We will issue further updates as soon as we hear back from the [...]

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The Lateral flow device tests supply service for patients potentially eligible for COVID-19 treatments (LFD service) will continue to be commissioned as an Advanced service through 2026/27. NHS England has agreed the fee for provision of the service will increase to £4.19 + VAT from 1st April 2026, following a request from Community Pharmacy England [...]

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