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Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) in agreement with the Medicines and Healthcare product Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced an extension to the shelf-life of Mounjaro®▼ (tirzepatide) 2.5mg KwikPen® from 9 months to 14 months for the following batches : Product [...]
Published on: 7th May 2024 | Updated on: 7th May 2024
The Sunday Times According to reports in the national press, pharmacies and patients feeling the impact of the increasing number of medicines in short supply, including those for life-threatening conditions. Latest reports highlight the challenges that patients who rely on [...]
Published on: 7th May 2024 | Updated on: 7th May 2024
A new collaborative approach has been launched to address challenges surrounding the recycling of medicine packaging. The Circularity in Primary Pharmaceutical Packaging Accelerator (CiPPPA) initiative has been launched to connect stakeholders across the pharmaceutical supply chain to work together to [...]
Published on: 7th May 2024 | Updated on: 7th May 2024
Since the launch of the service, Community Pharmacy England and NHS England have published a number of resources to support pharmacy owners and their teams to promote the Pharmacy First service. We have incorporated all of these into a Pharmacy [...]
Published on: 6th May 2024 | Updated on: 7th May 2024
Community Pharmacy England will shortly be asking pharmacy owners and their teams to help us measure the increasing number of people relying on pharmacies. Years of financial and operational pressures are continuing to take their toll on the sector, with [...]
Published on: 3rd May 2024 | Updated on: 3rd May 2024
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has provided an update on the Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP) for Monomil® XL 60mg tablets (SSP059). SSP059 was due to expire on 3 May 2024 but the end date has been further [...]
Published on: 3rd May 2024 | Updated on: 3rd May 2024
his article is part of a series of reminders. On 20th October 2020 NHS regulations were laid to introduce changes to the Terms of Service for pharmacy owners. Community Pharmacy England issued a series of 14 Regs explainer articles in November 2020 to help pharmacy [...]
Published on: 2nd May 2024 | Updated on: 2nd May 2024
In light of surveillance data indicating that circulation of influenza in the community has returned to baseline levels, the Department of Health and Social Care has published an alert to inform prescribers working in primary care and pharmacy teams that [...]
Published on: 2nd May 2024 | Updated on: 2nd May 2024
We have received queries about when it is appropriate to make a claim for a Pharmacy First consultation and when a clinical record needs to be created. There are many scenarios within the Pharmacy First service therefore to help pharmacy [...]
Published on: 2nd May 2024 | Updated on: 2nd May 2024
New figures reported by the Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) show that there has been a record net loss of 432 pharmacies in England over the past financial year (2023/24) – an average of more than 8 pharmacies closing each week. [...]
Published on: 1st May 2024 | Updated on: 3rd May 2024
Following the changes to pack sizes for Xarelto® (Rivaroxaban) 1mg/ml granules for oral suspension, six more products that require reconstitution have had their pack sizes updated in the NHS dictionary of medicines and devices (dm+d) and the Drug Tariff from [...]
Published on: 1st May 2024 | Updated on: 2nd May 2024
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (01/05/2024) confirmed the following final list of price concessions for April 2024. This final update comes after the end of the month and follows the decision by DHSC, under the [...]
Published on: 1st May 2024 | Updated on: 1st May 2024
The public is receptive to Pharmacy First but more needs to be done to increase awareness of and further develop pharmacy services, a new report from Healthwatch England finds. The ‘Pharmacy: what people want‘ report, published today (30th April), calls [...]
Published on: 30th April 2024 | Updated on: 30th April 2024
A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 17 Issue 9 April 2024) has been published and includes articles on: Finasteride: reminder of the risk of psychiatric side effects and of sexual side effects (which [...]
Published on: 30th April 2024 | Updated on: 30th April 2024
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) produces a quarterly newsletter called “Hints & Tips for dispensing contractors”. The latest edition (Issue 55) contains some useful information and advice on: NHS prescription charges from 1 May 2024 Patients reminded to renew [...]
Published on: 30th April 2024 | Updated on: 30th April 2024
