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UPDATE: 10th-12th September The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Met Office have updated the heat-health alerts across the following regions: East of England, London, and the South East: The amber alert (enhanced hot weather response) remains in place until 9am on 12th September. Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, and the [...]

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Drug alert number: EL (23)A/34 Date issued: 5 September 2023 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 3 medicines recall for: Evorel Sequi (Theramex HQ UK Ltd) PL 49105/0010 SNOMED Code: 3217311000001104 Batch Number Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed 6029403 July 2024 8 patches 13th June 2023 Active Pharmaceutical [...]

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The Government has updated their guidance on the HRT PPC.  Some of the key changes include:  Clarifying that listed HRT medicines, regardless of the clinical reason for prescribing, must be on a separate prescription to other non-HRT items, on both paper and electronic prescriptions.  Explaining the scope of the HRT PPCs, highlighting that the PPC [...]

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NHS England (NHSE) has today published their guidance on the recent changes to the NHS (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013. This can be found on the NHSE website at NHS England » Guidance on the NHS (pharmaceutical and local pharmaceutical services) (amendment) regulations 2023 We produced a briefing that details what the amendments [...]

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The NHS Profile Manager team is currently seeking participation from NHS website pharmacy editors for a brief research study. The aim of this study is to enhance the functionality of the NHS Profile Manager. To provide valuable feedback, we invite you to take part in an online exercise that should take approximately 15 minutes to [...]

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