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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Clobazam Martindale Pharma 5 mg/5 mL and 10 mg/5 mL Oral Suspension 150ml (Martindale Pharmaceuticals Ltd) Drug alert number: EL(26)A/38 Date issued: 17 September 2026 Martindale Pharmaceuticals has informed the MHRA of an error with the linear barcode of some batches of Clobazam 5mg/5mL and 10mg/5mL Oral Suspension 150mL. DMRC [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (17/09/2026) confirmed the following list of price concessions for September 2026: Drug Pack size Price concession Betahistine 16mg tablets 84 £1.69 Co-codamol 8mg/500mg effervescent tablets 32 £2.70 Co-codamol 8mg/500mg effervescent tablets 100 £8.44 Ezetimibe 10mg tablets 28 £1.34 Fesoterodine 8mg modified-release tablets 28 £9.35 Flecainide 100mg [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has released an IT bulletin update ahead of the Community Pharmacy IT Group (CP ITG) meeting for its Autumn meeting. Recent developments include: Connected care through the Single Patient Record (SPR) The SPR is intended to combine important health information – such as test results, hospital letters, and summaries from GP and [...]

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BBC Morning Live Community pharmacy teams continue to face unacceptable levels of abuse and aggression amid ongoing medicine supply issues and wider pressures on pharmacy. These issues were highlighted in a BBC Morning Live report today, which referenced key findings from our polling of the sector and included an interview with Dervis Gurol, our Independent [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (16/09/2026) confirmed the following initial list of price concessions for September 2026: Drug Pack size Price concession Aciclovir 400mg tablets 56 £3.61 Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension 100 £1.62 Aspirin 75mg gastro-resistant tablets 28 £1.69 Aspirin 75mg tablets 28 £1.45 Azathioprine 50mg tablets 56 £2.25 Bicalutamide 150mg [...]

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