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As we continue our efforts to increase public awareness and understanding of the Pharmacy First service, Community Pharmacy England has launched a new video animation targeted at patients and the general public. This will complement the animation we published earlier this year aimed at general practice teams. The animation provides clear and concise information about [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that sufficient stock of Monomil® XL 60mg tablets are now available to meet normal demand. As a result the Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP), SSP059 Monomil® XL 60mg tablets expires at 23.59pm on Friday 7 June 2024. After this date, any prescriptions for Monomil® XL 60mg [...]

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Pharmacy owners should soon receive confirmation from NHSBSA that the 2024/25 CPAF screening questionnaire will be available for completion from 1st July 2024 until midnight on Sunday 31st July 2024. As a result of NHS regulations introduced at the end of 2020, completion of CPAF is now a requirement of the Terms of Service. Therefore, pharmacy owners [...]

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Update: (17/07/24) changes shown in bold below Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Quetiapine 150mg, 200mg, 300mg tablets MSN/2024/070 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 6th June 2024 There are limited supplies of quetiapine 150mg, 200mg and 300mg tablets until late August 2024. Subject to [...]

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Drug alert number: EL (24)A/20 Date issued: 06 June 2024 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 2 medicines recall for: Lamotrigine Desitin 10mg/ml oral suspension (Desitin Pharma UK Ltd) PL 14040/0040 SNOMED Code: 42751111000001102 Batch No Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed 024171A1 31/01/2026 300ml 07-May-24 024172A1 31/01/2026 300ml [...]

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