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Alongside critical work making the financial case for the sector, Community Pharmacy England will be working with Pharmacist Support in 2026 to help support the wellbeing of pharmacists and their teams. The continuing fragility of pharmacy finances, alongside high workloads, stress, ongoing uncertainty and rising reports of patient abuse across England, take a real toll [...]

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Pharmacy teams should be aware that all strengths of Subutex® and Suboxone® tablets have been discontinued. The manufacturer, Indivior, is no longer supplying these products in the UK therefore, they are no longer available for community pharmacies to order. Please note that if a prescriber has issued a branded prescription for any strength of Subutex®, [...]

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This article tackles some of the misconceptions around rejecting Pharmacy First referrals and aims to bust myths to increase understanding of the service. We have previously published a series of articles on myth busting covering a variety of aspects of Pharmacy First. All of these myths can be viewed on our Pharmacy First service – [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets. MSN/2026/001 Tier 3 – High impact Date of issue: 12 January 2026 Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets will be in limited supply from early February until early June 2026. Paracetamol 500mg tablets remain available and can support a full uplift [...]

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Community Pharmacy England held a webinar in collaboration with NHS England about the new Seasonal Vaccination Service on Wednesday 21st January. The new Advanced service covers the provision of both seasonal vaccinations (COVID-19 and adult flu) in community pharmacy for the 2026/27 season. David Onuoha, our Service Development Manager was joined by colleagues from NHS [...]

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