NHS England has confirmed in an email sent today (27th October 2025) to all pharmacies in England that the expansion of the Pharmacy Contraception Service (PCS) will go live on Wednesday this week (29th October), as had originally been planned. The planned changes to the New Medicine Service (NMS) will also take place, as planned, [...]
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This is the second of a series of articles to tackle some of the misconceptions around the Lateral Flow Device (LFD) service. The articles will cover a variety of aspects of the LFD service and aims to myth bust, to increase understanding of the service. All patients who are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination are [...]
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This Medicines Supply Notification supersedes the National Patient Safety Alert issued on 29 July 2025 Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Antimicrobial Agents Used in Tuberculosis (TB) Treatment MSN/2025/058 Tier 3 – high impact Date of issue: 23rd October 2025 Following the National Patient Safety Alert issued [...]
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Pharmacist flexibilities “should be the norm”, Community Pharmacy England has said in a draft response to Government proposals. A Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC’s) consultation is proposing enabling community pharmacists to supply a different strength or formulation (which may mean a different quantity) of the same medicine originally prescribed where the prescribed medicine [...]
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (23/10/2025) confirmed the following list of price concessions for October 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Alfuzosin 2.5mg tablets 60 £6.85 Bumetanide 1mg tablets 28 £2.95 Buprenorphine 8mg sublingual tablets sugar free 7 £3.85 Clarithromycin 125mg/5ml oral suspension 70 £10.88 Clarithromycin 250mg/5ml oral suspension 70 £19.67 Duloxetine [...]
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