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MHRA Drug Safety Update: February 2024

A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 17 Issue 7 February 2024) has been published and includes articles on: Codeine linctus (codeine oral solutions): reclassification to prescription-only medicine Pseudoephedrine: very rare risk of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) Letters and medicine recalls sent [...]

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Medicines supply will fail if pharmacies cannot keep lights on, warns Community Pharmacy England

Patients will continue to face problems accessing medicines unless Government both eases supply problems in the UK, and resolves the critical financial state of community pharmacies, Community Pharmacy England has warned. Janet Morrison, CEO, and Mike Dent, Director of Pharmacy Funding, both gave evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee on Monday 19th [...]

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Medicine Supply Notification: Creon® 25,000 gastro-resistant capsules

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Creon® 25,000 gastro-resistant capsules. MSN/2024/022 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 16th February 2024 Creon® 25,000 gastro-resistant capsules are out of stock until late February 2024. Creon® 10,000 gastro-resistant capsules remain available and can support a partial increase in [...]

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An update on Pharmacy First and new FAQs

It’s just over two weeks into the new Pharmacy First service, and we wanted to take a moment to thank pharmacy owners, their teams and the network of LPCs for getting this service up and running. You have worked incredibly hard to prepare for this rapid launch to meet the Government’s extremely ambitious timeline. Teething [...]

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February 2024 Price Concessions 2nd Update

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 (16/02/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for February 2024. Drug Pack size Price concession Amiloride 5mg tablets 28 £15.59 Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension 100 £2.49 Betahistine [...]

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