Community Pharmacy England (CPE) - News updates

Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (20/11/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for November 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Benzoyl peroxide 5% / Clindamycin 1% gel 60 £22.06 Brimonidine 0.2% eye [...] The post November 2024 Price Concessions 2nd Update appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

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 drops 0.4ml unit dose preservative free are being discontinued from late December 2024 Alternative preservative [...] The post Medicine Supply Notification: Levobunolol (Betagan®) 0.5% eye drops 0.4ml unit dose preservative free appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

As ‘FS’ endorsed prescription items become more common, Community Pharmacy England has released updated guidance on how pharmacies should handle these prescriptions. Community pharmacies are seeing an increase in electronic prescriptions with items endorsed ‘FS’ for free supply of sexual health treatment. This increase has been partially driven by the adoption of EPS by sexual [...] The post Guidance on handling ‘FS’ endorsed prescriptions for free supply of sexual health treatments appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The NHS Vaccination Strategy, published in December last year, set out an intention for NHS England, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to explore the potential benefits of adopting centralisation of adult flu vaccine procurement and supply. If that approach is adopted, it would mean flu [...] The post NHS England seek your views on central procurement of flu vacs appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Pharmacy owners have one day left to apply to provide the COVID-19 vaccination service from April 2025, as the deadline for submissions is 11:59pm on 19th November 2024. This process only applies to: Pharmacies not already contracted to provide the service and wishing to apply to provide it from April 2025; and Pharmacies already contracted [...] The post Reminder: C-19 vac – One day left to submit application for provision from April 2025 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Entyvio 108mg solution for injection in pre-filled syringe (Takeda UK Limited) Drug alert number: EL (24)A/55 Date issued: 18 November 2024 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Entyvio 108mg solution for injection in pre-filled syringe Company name: [...] The post MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Entyvio 108mg solution for injection in pre-filled syringe (Takeda UK Limited) appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Pharmacy owners are reminded of the requirement to complete the 2024 workforce survey, which is a mandatory requirement for all pharmacy owners. Read more about the survey and how to complete it The NHS Business Services Authority sent an email to pharmacy owners containing a link to the survey in October. In some cases, for [...] The post Reminder: complete the 2024 mandatory workforce survey appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (15/11/2024) announced the following initial list of price concessions for November 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Apixaban 2.5mg tablets 60 £4.20 Cefalexin 500mg capsules 21 £2.67 Chloramphenicol [...] The post November 2024 Price Concessions 1st Update appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England’s in-house Drug Tariff and funding experts have created a new video providing guidance on how to correctly endorse and claim for any supplies made against a Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP). This is part of Community Pharmacy England’s ‘Funding & Reimbursement Shorts’ series, which has been created to provide pharmacy owners and their [...] The post Funding & Reimbursement Shorts: Dispensing and Claiming SSPs appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that sufficient stock of Monomax® XL 60mg tablets is now available to meet normal demand. As a result the Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP), SSP074 Monomax® XL 60mg tablets expires at 23.59pm on Friday 15 November 2024. After this date, any prescriptions for Monomax® XL 60mg tablets [...] The post Expiry of SSP074 Monomax® XL 60mg tablets appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.