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MPs from across the political spectrum have called on the Health Secretary, Victoria Atkins MP to address the acute funding crisis facing the community pharmacy sector. Whilst taking the opportunity to welcome the introduction of the Pharmacy First service, a [...]
Published on: 8th April 2024 | Updated on: 8th April 2024
Some pharmacy owners are continuing to identify issues with the Pharmacy First service figures within the MYS portal, which are not matching the number of consultations completed within their Pharmacy First IT system. This week, we have been supporting pharmacy [...]
Published on: 5th April 2024 | Updated on: 5th April 2024
In March 2024, it was announced that from April 2024 a retrospective top-up payment system for price concession lines will be implemented. This is an outcome from the Price Concession Review, which was agreed as part of the 2022/23 and [...]
Published on: 5th April 2024 | Updated on: 5th April 2024
From 1st March 2024, an additional fixed out-of-pocket expense payment of £50 will be automatically applied to NHS prescriptions for Cefuroxime 5% eye drops preservative free (a non-Drug Tariff special). Due to the unique temperature-controlled transport and storage requirements of [...]
Published on: 5th April 2024 | Updated on: 5th April 2024
Please note we revised our Prescription Charge Card on 2nd May. The new version can be downloaded below. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that from 1st May 2024, the NHS prescription charge will increase to £9.90 per prescription [...]
Published on: 4th April 2024 | Updated on: 3rd May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Pabrinex® (Vitamins B and C) Intravenous and Intramuscular High Potency solution for injection ampoules. MSN/2024/038 Tier 3 – high impact Date of issue: 3rd April 2024 [...]
Published on: 3rd April 2024 | Updated on: 3rd April 2024
The Pressures Survey will now close at 12 noon on Monday 8th April. We are keeping the Pressures Survey open for a few days longer to give you more time to share your thoughts. We know how busy everyone working [...]
Published on: 3rd April 2024 | Updated on: 8th April 2024
Pharmacy press Official figures reveal that the number of patients waiting four weeks or more to see a GP increased across all regions of England last year. According to the analysis conducted by the Liberal Democrats, patients were forced to [...]
Published on: 3rd April 2024 | Updated on: 10th April 2024
Update 2nd April 2024: The 3rd price concession update published below on 28 March 2024 is the final update for March. There are no further price concessions to announce. Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of [...]
Published on: 2nd April 2024 | Updated on: 2nd April 2024
Community Pharmacy England has been informed that the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) is seeing an increase in prescriptions where patients are claiming prescription charge exemption by selecting the “HRT only prescription prepayment certificate” exemption reason for products that are [...]
Published on: 2nd April 2024 | Updated on: 4th April 2024
With Easter Monday (1 April 2024) occurring in the first five days of the FP34C submission window, pharmacy owners will have an extra day, until the end of 6 April 2024, to submit their March FP34Cs using the Manage Your [...]
Published on: 2nd April 2024 | Updated on: 2nd April 2024
Following representations from Community Pharmacy England, with the support of Novo Nordisk Ltd, the Department of Health of Social Care (DHSC) has re-determined the special container status of Rybelsus® (semaglutide) tablets. From 1 April 2024, all three strengths of Rybelsus® [...]
Published on: 2nd April 2024 | Updated on: 26th March 2024
From April 2024, reimbursement prices of medicines listed in Part VIII Category A of the Drug Tariff began transitioning to the new arrangements. These new arrangements for the setting of Category A reimbursement prices were imposed by the DHSC. The [...]
Published on: 2nd April 2024 | Updated on: 21st March 2024
The new FreeStyle Libre® 2 Plus sensors recently launched by Abbott Diabetes Care Ltd have been added to the Appliances section in Part IXA of the April 2024 Drug Tariff. At the same time, the sensors have also been included [...]
Published on: 1st April 2024 | Updated on: 22nd March 2024
The start of April 2024 marks the end of the five-year Contractual Framework arrangement which was agreed in the summer of 2019. Negotiations on the arrangements for the coming financial year – 2024/25 – are still in progress between Community [...]
Published on: 28th March 2024 | Updated on: 3rd April 2024
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