Lexpos News

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Fentanyl (Durogesic® DTrans®) 12micrograms/hour, 25micrograms/hour, 50micrograms/hour, 75micrograms/hour, and 100micrograms/hour patches. MSN/2025/023 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 15th April 2025 Durogesic® DTrans® 75micrograms/hour patches are out of stock until December 2025. Durogesic® DTrans® 12micrograms/hour patches will be out of [...]

The post Medicine Supply Notification: Fentanyl (Durogesic® DTrans®) patches appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

NHS England has published an invitation to tender (ITT) inviting community pharmacy owners interested in providing a Community Pharmacy Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and Pertussis Vaccination Enhanced Service in the North West region. Announcement of the tender, follows an earlier tender of the service in the Midlands region. The ITT seeks expressions of interest from pharmacy [...]

The post RSV and Pertussis vacs: North West tender goes live appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The GPhC has jointly issued an enforcement notice with the ASA and MHRA, which makes it clear that adverts for named prescription-only medicines (POMs) for weight management are prohibited. The GPhC will write to pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and ...

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Galantamine 8mg, 16mg and 24mg modified-release capsules. MSN/2025/022 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 11th April 2025 Galantamine 8mg modified release capsules are in limited supply until late July 2025. Galantamine 16mg modified release capsules will be out of [...]

The post Medicine Supply Notification: Galantamine 8mg, 16mg and 24mg modified-release capsules appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has today written to pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy owners to raise awareness of some emerging issues which have led to concerns being raised with them, and asked everyone to review the information provided and consider what actions they may need to take, depending on their role and the setting(s) [...]

The post GPhC highlights concerns to registrants and pharmacy owners. appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.