Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee

Job opportunity at PSNC – Drug Tariff and Reimbursement Manager

PSNC is seeking a Drug Tariff and Reimbursement Manager. This is a senior role which has become available following an...

Pharmacy EPS costs and benefits study: key points for community pharmacy teams

Community pharmacy teams who have updated their dispensing processes to consider the different actions required for electronic prescriptions are benefitting...

Epilepsy drug warnings are not reaching women, suggests media report

The BBC has today published a news story highlighting the findings of a survey which shows that 68% of women...

New business continuity feature added to EPS Prescription Tracker

NHS Digital have added a new business continuity feature to the online EPS Prescription Tracker tool.  This new mode allows...

Update: Generics Supply Situation

Following inspections at Bristol Laboratories and Dr Reddy’s, PSNC is aware of the very great difficulties that contractors are having...

Over 275k flu vaccinations administered by community pharmacy in under three weeks

Community pharmacy teams have made a fantastic start to the provision of the Flu Vaccination Service by administering over 275,000...

Stay Well This Winter campaign returns for 2017

For the third year running, Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England’s national winter campaign, Stay Well This Winter, will...

MHRA medical device alert – All Accu-Chek Insight insulin pumps (Roche Diabetes Care)

MDA number: MDA/2017/030 Date issued: 20th September 2017 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a medical...

Less than two weeks left for pharmacists to share their views on providing MURs

Community pharmacists who work in England are reminded that researchers from the University of Bath are seeking their views as...

PSNC raises concerns about restricted distribution arrangements

Contractors will be aware that Alliance Healthcare experienced a power failure on 7 September, leading to disruption of services to...

Quality Payments: action required if you haven’t got a pharmacy NHSmail account

Having an NHSmail account for your pharmacy is a gateway criterion for the Quality Payments Scheme and it is also...

September 2017 Price Concessions/NCSO further update

The Department of Health has granted the following price concessions for September 2017: Drug Pack size Price concession Anastrozole 1mg...