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Ahead of the 31st March 2025 deadline*, pharmacy owners are reminded to regularly update their NHS Profile Manager each quarter, ensuring their NHS website and Directory of Services (DoS) profile information remains current. According to NHS Terms of Service, pharmacy owners must verify and update their opening hours, contact details, facilities, and services information for [...]

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Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (18/03/2025) announced the following initial list of price concessions for March 2025: Drug  Pack size Price concession Alfuzosin 2.5mg tablets 60 £4.46 Bimatoprost 300micrograms/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye [...]

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Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (18/03/2025) announced the following initial list of price concessions for March 2025: Drug  Pack size Price concession Alfuzosin 2.5mg tablets 60 £4.46 Bimatoprost 300micrograms/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye [...]

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Janet Morrison, Chief Executive of Community Pharmacy England, said: “With April rapidly approaching there have been a number of queries about the timings of the CPCF negotiations. As well as additional funding, pharmacy owners desperately need clarity about the future; many are already making impossible decisions to help their businesses to survive and to protect [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has released a summary of the March 2025 meeting of the Community Pharmacy IT Group (CP ITG).  The group are due to several key topics, including: Pharmacy IT development Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) extended to Detained Estate EPS clinical prescription tracker and EPS FHIR update Leveraging IT solutions to enhance patient engagement [...]

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