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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 [...]

The post BBC highlights pharmacy pressures as NHS GP plans announced appeared first on PSNC Website.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that sufficient stock of Estradot® 75mcg patches are now available to meet normal demand. As a result the Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP), SSP055 Estradot® 75mcg patches expires at 23.59pm on Friday 5 May 2023. After this date, any prescriptions for Estradot® 75mcg patches must be [...]

The post Contractor Notice: Expiry of SSP055 Estradot® 75mcg patches appeared first on PSNC Website.

With the early May bank holiday (1 May 2023) occurring in the first five days of the submission window contractors have an extra day, until the end of 6th of May, to submit their April FP34C declaration using the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal and to dispatch their prescription bundle to the relevant pricing division at the [...]

The post Extended FP34C submission deadline for prescriptions dispensed in April 2023 appeared first on PSNC Website.

Gordon Hockey, Director of Legal, will be hosting a PSNC webinar about upcoming changes to the Pharmaceutical Regulations on Tuesday 16th May at 7pm. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England has introduced a package of regulatory changes in response to the current pressures on community pharmacy, and calls from PSNC [...]

The post Book now for our Regulatory Changes Webinar appeared first on PSNC Website.

From this month, healthcare services carried out by pharmacy staff under the supervision of pharmacists have become exempt from VAT. This is something that PSNC has been seeking Government agreement on for a long time, including in recent CPCF negotiations. HM Revenue and Customs has issued a note detailing the change to the VAT treatment [...]

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