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Nuffield Trust’s latest report ‘The future for health after Brexit’ has found that that patients face a “new normal” of medicines shortages as the UK is hampered by supply issues and the impact of the EU exit. In response to this report released today, we have warned that medicine shortages and market instability are at [...]

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This is the first of a series of articles to help pharmacy owners and their teams to maximise the potential of the Hypertension Case-finding Service (HCFS). The re-launch of the service, including the ability to use the wider pharmacy team to provide parts of the service, allows pharmacy owners to review how they provide the [...]

The post Hypertension Case-Finding Service reminder (#1): Maximising the use of my team appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England has opened registration for a national event for pharmacy owners as part of our ongoing efforts to engage more meaningfully with everyone in the sector.   The pressures facing all pharmacy businesses are extreme, and the event will be a chance to hear about the work Community Pharmacy England is doing to find [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has launched a set of materials – including a video animation and infographic – explaining how GP practices can refer into the Pharmacy First service.  The digital explainers have been developed to help increase understanding of the Pharmacy First service amongst GPs and practice teams. The animation describes when referrals to pharmacies [...]

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Drug alert number: EL (24)A/12 Date issued: 10 April 2024 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 3 medicines recall for: Co-Codamol 8/500mg Effervescent tablets (Accord-UK Ltd (Key Pharmaceuticals Livery)) PL 0142/1258 SNOMED Code: 42596911000001102 Batch No Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed G2301502 08/2025 8 x 4 tablets 08-Dec-2023 [...]

The post MHRA Class 3 Medicines Recall: Co-Codamol 8/500mg Effervescent tablets (Accord-UK Ltd (Key Pharmaceuticals Livery)) appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.