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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Disopyramide (Rythmodan®) 100mg capsules and disopyramide (Rythmodan Retard®) 250mg modified-release tablets. MSN/2026/028 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 22 June 2026 Disopyramide (Rythmodan®) 100mg capsules will be in out of stock from late June 2026 until early April 2027. [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Propafenone (Arythmol® ) 150mg tablets. MSN/2026/027 Tier 2 – Medium impact Date of issue: 22 June 2026 Propafenone (Arythmol®) 150mg tablets are out of stock until late July 2026 Propafenone (Arythmol®) 300mg tablets remain available and can support a limited increase [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (19/06/2026) confirmed the following initial list of price concessions for June 2026: Drug Pack size Price concession Aripiprazole 10mg tablets 28 £3.15 Aspirin 75mg dispersible tablets 28 £2.36 Aspirin 75mg dispersible tablets 100 £8.42 Aspirin 75mg gastro-resistant tablets 28 £2.02 Aspirin 75mg tablets 28 £1.63 Azathioprine [...]

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NHS England has authorised and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has published the Patient Group Direction (PGD) and Vaccine Group Direction (VGD) for use in the autumn/winter 2026/27 NHS Flu vaccination campaign. VGDs are a new legal route which can be used to authorise administration of vaccines. In summary, they operate in a similar [...]

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As part of our Funding & Reimbursement Shorts series, Community Pharmacy England’s in-house Drug Tariff experts have created a new video discussing prescription charges. In this video, we provide guidance on how pharmacy teams can determine the number of charges that apply to items dispensed against NHS prescriptions. In this video, Gemma Hackett (Dispensing and Supply [...]

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