August 2018 Price Concessions/NCSO – 1st update

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today granted the following initial list of price concessions: Drug Pack size...

Summer visits with your local MPs

Parliament is currently in recess for the summer, meaning that MPs are focusing on constituency work for the next few...

NHS England launches ‘Check Before You Tick’ campaign

On 10th September 2018, NHS England and the NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) is launching a new nationwide campaign,...

Dispensing & Supply Factsheet: Exemptions from the prescription charge (August 2018)

In this PSNC factsheet our Dispensing and Supply Team guides you through the categories of exemptions from the NHS prescription charge...

Flu vaccination webinar postponed

We are postponing for a few days our flu vaccination webinar, which was planned for 7.30pm this evening (15th August)....

NICE publishes quality standard on medicines management for people receiving social care in the community

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a quality standard on medicines management for people receiving...

Drug Tariff Watch: September 2018 changes

The Preface lists additions, deletions and alterations to the Drug Tariff. Below is a quick summary of the changes due...

Prescription Services Notice to contractors

Prescriptions Services announce they are no longer able to return documents incorrectly submitted with your end-of-month bundle. It is important...

CPPE launches updated NMS e-course

The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) has announced it will be running an updated live e-course on the New...

Ask PSNC: Flu FAQs

The team at PSNC has received a number of queries on the NHS Flu Vaccination Service 2018/19, ahead of its...

CPPE Corner: Apply for Foundation pharmacist training pathway

The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) is once again running its Foundation pharmacist training pathway programme. We spoke to Clare Smith, CPPE...

PSNC responds to pharmacy regulation consultation

PSNC has submitted its response to the General Pharmaceutical Council’s (GPhC) consultation on developing its approach to regulating registered pharmacies,...