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NHE England has today published the updated specification for the Hypertension Case-Finding Service on their website. This follows last month’s change to the Secretary of State Directions which allowed pharmacy technicians to start performing blood pressure checks under the service. We have updated the service page on our website to reflect the changes and updated resources [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Clomifene (Clomid®) 50mg tablets. MSN/2023/056 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 5th June 2023 Sanofi will be out of stock of clomifene (Clomid®) 50mg tablets from w/c 12 June 2023 until w/c 18 September 2023. Generic clomifene 50mg tablets [...]

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As part of the Year 4 & 5 funding settlement for community pharmacy, it was agreed that an urgent review of the price concession setting system would take place. Since this announcement, Community Pharmacy England has been working with Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to determine improvements to the price concession system. As part of a [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Ethinylestradiol 20microgram / Drospirenone 3mg (Eloine®) tablets. MSN/2023/055 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 1st June 2023 Ethinylestradiol 20microgram / Drospirenone 3mg (Eloine®) tablets are out of stock from late-June 2023 until late-August 2023. Alternative combined oral contraceptives (COC) [...]

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Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners (our members), the Department has today (01/06/2023) announced the following final list of price concessions for May 2023: Drug Pack size Price concession Amoxicillin 125mg/5ml oral suspension 100 £2.98 Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral [...]

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