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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (21/11/2025) confirmed the following list of price concessions for November 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Amiodarone 100mg tablets 28 £4.30 Bumetanide 1mg tablets 28 £2.56 Clotrimazole 500mg pessaries 1 £5.34 Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets 30 £1.35 Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets 100 £4.49 Fluticasone 400microgram/unit dose nasal drops 30 [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that the NHS prescription charge will remain at £9.90 per prescription item for 2026/27. A Government press release today confirms that the NHS prescription charge will be frozen, as well as the costs for prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs). The list of 2026/27 prescription-related charges are outlined below. [...]

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Politicians and policy experts have cited integration, localism and prevention as some of the core components required to build a future-fit NHS. The themes have been identified in a written report on Community Pharmacy England’s series of policy events at this year’s political party conferences. The discussions concluded that community pharmacy, in particular, is foundational [...]

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Underinvestment in the sector is continuing to threaten the accessibility of community pharmacies to patients and the public, Community Pharmacy England has told a Parliamentary inquiry. Dr. James Davies, Director of Research and Insights at Community Pharmacy England, gave oral evidence to the All-Party Parliamentary Health Group (APHG) on Wednesday 19th November. The APHG’s inquiry [...]

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National Patient Safety Alert: Harm from incorrect recording of a penicillin allergy as a penicillamine allergy National Patient Safety Alert Reference Number: NatPSA/2025/006/NHSPS Date issued: 20 November 2025 Explanation of identified safety issue There are reports of healthcare staff recording a patient’s penicillin allergy as a penicillamine allergy in electronic prescribing systems. This look-alike sound-alike [...]

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