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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) – supported by Community Pharmacy England, charities and patient groups – is calling on the Government to better manage medicine shortages and allow community pharmacists to supply appropriate alternatives when medicines are in short supply. [...]
Published on: 27th November 2024 | Updated on: 6th December 2024
Further Resources A guide to managing medicines supply and shortages (DHSC and NHSE) Medicine Shortages: A briefing for ICSs, GPs and other NHS prescribers Price concessions Information on medicines supply for patients Department of Health and Social Care and ABPI Guidance [...]
Published on: 27th November 2024 | Updated on: 6th December 2024
The Guardian, Daily Mail Latest news reports including today’s front page of The Guardian, has highlighted that insulin shortages are leading to heightened stress and anxiety among diabetes patients in the UK. We shared a statement with the national press, [...]
Published on: 29th April 2024 | Updated on: 29th April 2024
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 [...]
Published on: 18th April 2024 | Updated on: 17th April 2024
The Guardian highlights the severe shortage of medicines in the NHS, which is putting lives at risk. Pharmacists have expressed concerns about the number of products in short supply, which has doubled in the past two years, affecting treatments for [...]
Published on: 15th January 2024 | Updated on: 26th January 2024
The Independent A recent report by the Independent Commission on UK EU Relations highlights the impact of Brexit-related border issues on the UK’s medicine supply chain. In response, we’ve highlighted our findings on medicines supply issues and their crushing impact [...]
Published on: 6th November 2023 | Updated on: 6th November 2023
Pharmacy press 95% of hospital pharmacists across Europe are experiencing medicine shortages, according to a new report. The report, by the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists, found that hospital pharmacists across 58 countries reported that medicines shortages had delayed or [...]
Published on: 23rd October 2023 | Updated on: 25th October 2023
Pharmacy press The Pharmaceutical Journal’s annual salary and job satisfaction survey found that a third of 1,578 pharmacists say they are unable to supply medicines to ten or more patients per week because of medicine shortages. The survey also found [...]
Published on: 31st May 2023 | Updated on: 12th June 2023
Update: 28 September 2021 We understand that a significant number of pharmacies will have disrupted deliveries today and we have flagged this to DHSC. We have been clear that pharmacies and medicines supply teams must be included in any prioritisation [...]
Published on: 27th September 2021 | Updated on: 27th September 2021
Published on: 17th July 2013 | Updated on: 20th July 2022
Community Pharmacy England has made a submission to the Government’s development of a 10-year Health Plan for the NHS, highlighting the benefits of increased commissioning of pharmacy services in tandem with addressing the sector’s current funding gap. In October, the [...]
Published on: 3rd December 2024 | Updated on: 4th December 2024
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Coal tar extract (Neutrogena® T/Gel® Therapeutic) 2% shampoo MSN/2024/111 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 3rd December 2024 Coal tar extract (Neutrogena® T/Gel® Therapeutic) [...]
Published on: 3rd December 2024 | Updated on: 3rd December 2024
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Diclofenac (Voltarol® Ophtha Multidose) 0.1% eye drops MSN/2024/110 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 27th November 2024 Diclofenac (Voltarol® Ophtha Multidose) 0.1% eye drops [...]
Published on: 27th November 2024 | Updated on: 28th November 2024
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Imiquimod (Aldara® 5% and Bascellex® 50mg/g) cream 250mg sachets MSN/2024/109 Tier 2 medium impact Date of issue: 26th November 2024 Imiquimod (Aldara®) 5% cream 250mg sachets [...]
Published on: 26th November 2024 | Updated on: 28th November 2024
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Levobunolol (Betagan®) 0.5% eye drops 0.4ml unit dose preservative free. MSN/2024/108 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 20th November 2024 Levobunolol (Betagan®) 0.5% eye [...]
Published on: 20th November 2024 | Updated on: 28th November 2024
