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As part of efforts to encourage those eligible to get their flu jab ahead of winter, the Government has launched a social media campaign and is also promoting a new feature on the NHS App which helps people check their eligibility and book their flu vaccination at a community pharmacy. Social media campaign urges Brits [...]

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Polling commissioned by the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has found that 1 in 10 patients went without medicine last year because of concerns about prescription charges. The survey found that 12% of adults across England delayed getting medicines because of cost concerns, while 41% worried they could not afford their NHS prescriptions. In response to [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has been made aware of global technical issues that are currently affecting several NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) services used by pharmacy teams. NHSBSA has confirmed that the affected systems include Manage Your Service (MYS), dm+d, the Drug Tariff and the NHSBSA website. Its IT teams are working to apply fixes and [...]

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Pharmacy owners can now watch a recorded presentation on price concessions and medicines supply issues. Presented by our in-house experts, the on-demand webinar explains how the price concessions system works and Community Pharmacy England’s role in it. Almost 500 people registered for the live event and 94% of respondents said they would recommend it to [...]

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