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February 2019 Price Concessions/NCSO – 1st update

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

MHRA medical device alert – Accu-Chek Insight insulin pumps – some need to be fitted with key frames

MDA number: MDA/2019/009 Date issued 19th February 2019 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a medical...

MHRA Drug Safety Update February 2019

Date issued 18th February 2019 A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 12 Issue...

Class 4 MHRA Drug Alert – Atropine Sulfate 3mg/10ml Solution for injection in pre-filled syringe (Laboratoire Aguettant)

Drug Alert No: EL (19) A/05 Date Issued: 18th February 2019 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued...

Guidance on pregabalin and gabapentin becoming CDs published

Community pharmacy teams are reminded that from 1st April 2019 pregabalin and gabapentin will be reclassified as Schedule 3 Controlled Drugs...

Book now for PSNC’s Price Concessions Webinar

Mike Dent (Director of Pharmacy Funding) and Suraj Shah (Drug Tariff and Reimbursement Manager) will be hosting a PSNC webinar about...

Class 2 MHRA Medicines Recall: Irbesartan / Hydrochlorothiazide (Actavis Group PTC EHF)

Drug alert number: EL (19) A/04 Date issued: 13th February 2019 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued...

Pregabalin & gabapentin – prescribing by EMIS GP practices

Changes to general practice clinical systems will have to be made ahead of 1st April 2019, when pregabalin and gabapentin...

Action required: Fax messages received by incorrect recipient

NHS England’s Corporate Information Governance team has been notified by a hotel group that a number of faxes appear to...

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