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Update – 24th February 2023: Insuman® Comb 25 100units/ml suspension for injection 3ml cartridges and prefilled pens will be discontinued with stocks being exhausted in February and June 2023 respectively. Insuman® Basal 100units/ml suspension for injection 3ml cartridges and prefilled pens will be discontinued with stocks being exhausted in February and June 2023 respectively. Insuman® [...]

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Community pharmacy contractors are now able to update NHS Profile Manager if they routinely hold the 16 palliative and end of life care (PEoLC) medicines listed in the Drug Tariff and can support local access to parenteral haloperidol. This requirement is a criterion in the ‘Addressing unwarranted variation in care’ domain of the 2022/23 Pharmacy [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has provided an update on the Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) for 5 SSPs. The following HRT SSPs were due to expire 13 January 2023 but have been further extended to Friday 27 January 2023. SSP Expiry Date Supporting Information SSP029 Sandrena®  0.5mg and 1mg gel sachets – [...]

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PSNC has published new guidance to help community pharmacy contractors to complete the 2022/23 Data Security and Protection Toolkit. The Toolkit is used to make a pharmacy’s information governance (IG) declaration and must be completed by Friday 30th June 2023. We recommend that contractors complete the Toolkit as soon as possible. We collaborated with NHS Digital to [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that sufficient stock of Lenzetto® 1.53mg/dose transdermal spray is now available to meet normal demand. As a result the following  Serious Shortage Protocols, will expire at 23.59pm on Friday 13 January 2023. After this date, any prescriptions for Lenzetto® 1.53mg/dose transdermal spray must be dispensed [...]

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