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Chlorphenamine 2mg/5ml oral solution (150ml) was inadvertently omitted from PSNC’s final price concession update for April published on 28th April 2023. Drug Pack size Price concession Chlorphenamine 2mg/5ml oral solution 150 £3.34 All prescriptions submitted as dispensed in April 2023 will be reimbursed at £3.34 and not as printed in the Drug Tariff for April 2023. [...]

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National Patient Safety Alert: Class 1 Medicines Recall Notification: Recall of Emerade 500 micrograms and Emerade 300 micrograms auto-injectors, due to the potential for device failure. National Patient Safety Alert Reference Number: NatPSA/2023/004/MHRA Date issued: 9th May 2023 Emerade 500 micrograms solution for injection in pre-filled syringe, PL 33616/0015 (SNOMED Code 23420111000001107) Emerade 300 micrograms [...]

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In light of surveillance data indicating that circulation of influenza in the community has returned to baseline levels, the Department of Health and Social Care has published an alert to inform prescribers working in primary care and pharmacy teams that antiviral medicines should no longer be prescribed.  Community pharmacists should no longer supply antiviral medicines [...]

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The Government and NHS have today promised a £645m investment in community pharmacies over the next two years to support a pharmacy common conditions service, along with the NHS Pharmacy Contraception and NHS Hypertension Case-Finding services. This is the most significant investment in community pharmacy in well over a decade and it follows many months [...]

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The BBC has today (Monday 8th May) published a news article alongside broadcast and interview pieces focused on the immense financial and operational challenges facing community pharmacies. This follows many months of briefings and conversations with PSNC and others,  along with interviews with community pharmacy owners. We have been briefing journalists on the pressures facing [...]

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