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Community pharmacy contractors have less than one week left to claim an Aspiration payment for the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2022/23 as the window for claiming this payment closes at 11.59pm on 4th November 2022. The Aspiration payment is optional; if contractors do not want to claim it, it will not impact on the contractor’s ability [...]

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The Communication Workers Union has announced it has withdrawn planned strike action for the 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10 November. Contractors are reminded to submit their claims for NHS pharmaceutical services through the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal by the 5th of the month to secure access to earlier advance payments. Community pharmacy [...]

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This update is intended to provide contractors with additional information regarding the expected trajectory for Transitional Payments during the remaining months of 2022/23, and heading into 2023/24. It contains information on: Changes to the amount of funding delivered to contractors through Transitional Payments Changes to the methodology for setting the Transitional Payments Introduction of a [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (28/10/2022) granted the following list of price concessions: Drug Pack size Price concession Amoxicillin 500mg capsules 15 £1.42 Amoxicillin 500mg capsules 21 £1.99 Carvedilol 6.25mg tablets 28 £1.22 Colecalciferol 1,000unit capsules 30 £7.95 Fluoxetine 10mg capsules 30 £27.26 Gabapentin 400mg capsules 100 £4.10 Prednisolone 5mg [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Ofloxacin 200mg tablets. MSN/2022/091 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 27th October 2022 Ofloxacin 200mg tablets are out of stock from mid-November until mid-December 2022. Alternative fluoroquinolone antibiotics are available and can support a full uplift in demand. If alternative [...]

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