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Health Education England (HEE) has announced a new NHS-funded training course for 10,000 community pharmacists on clinical examination skills. The training, which will be coordinated by HEE with the Pharmacy Integration Programme at NHS England, will be provided by CliniSkills. The training will be delivered online, with optional face-to-face attendance for pharmacists who would find [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Capsaicin 0.075% (Axsain®) and 0.025% (Zacin®) cream. MSN/2023/028 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 16th March 2023 Following intermittent supplies of capsaicin 0.075% (Axsain®) and 0.025% (Zacin®) cream, these are now out of stock until end of June 2023. [...]

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The Chancellor has announced his Spring Budget today, including within it two VAT changes related to community pharmacy services, which PSNC had been pressing for over several years and was a focus within our CPCF negotiations. From 1st May 2023, Government will extend the VAT exemption on healthcare to include medical services carried out by [...]

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Elections for the non-CCA Multiple Representatives and Regional Representatives started on 9th March. Voting contractors were sent an email to either the head office contact or premises shared NHSmail address detailing who is standing for election and a unique link to the voting portal. We are asking contractors to make their vote as soon as [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that that the following product will have a redetermination due to late notification of a price increase, this will apply from December 2022 to February 2023: Mebeverine 50mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free (300ml) – £205.70 (instead of £187.00) Pharmacy contractors should note that this is [...]

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