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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Naltrexone 50mg tablets MSN/2024/087 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 22nd August 2024 Naltrexone 50mg tablets (Accord) are in limited supply until early September 2024 and then out of stock until late October 2024. Naltrexone (Adepend®) 50mg tablets (AOP [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Methylphenidate prolonged-release tablets MSN/2024/086 Tier 3 high impact Date of issue: 22nd August 2024 Methylphenidate prolonged-release tablet brands are in limited supply and intermittent regional supply disruptions are expected to continue until October 2024. Lisdexamfetamine (Elvanse®, Elvanse Adult®) capsules remain available [...]

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A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 18 Issue 1 August 2024) has been published and includes articles on: Yellow Card Biobank: call to contribute to study of genetic links to side effects Letters and medicine recalls sent to healthcare professionals in July 2024. To see the latest MHRA [...]

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NHS England has announced, via an email message cascaded to pharmacy owners by ICBs, that they are offering use of the National Booking System (NBS) to all pharmacies that provide the Flu vaccination Advanced service. Previously, use of NBS to book flu vaccinations was only available to pharmacies that were also offering the COVID-19 vaccination [...]

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