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Class 4 MHRA Drug Alert – Chloramphenicol 0.5% W/V Antibiotic Eye Drops (Martindale Pharmaceuticals Limited)
April 9, 2019
Drug Alert No: El (19) A/09 Date Issued: 9th April 2019 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued...
Contractor Announcement: Negotiations on funding and CPCF commence
April 9, 2019
Negotiations on the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) for 2019/20 and beyond have commenced. The Department of Health and Social...
Changes to coding of NHS England locally authorised payments
April 8, 2019
NHS England and the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) will be making some minor changes to the way payments for...
Seema Kennedy MP becomes new Pharmacy Minister
April 5, 2019
Seema Kennedy, the MP for South Ribble in Lancashire, is the new minister with responsibility for pharmacy. Ms Kennedy was...
Deadline approaches: Submitting MUR/NMS quarterly information
April 5, 2019
Community pharmacy contractors are reminded of the requirement to submit completed Medicines Use Review (MUR) and/or New Medicine Service (NMS)...
Brexit: Health Secretary provides update
April 4, 2019
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has written to frontline health professionals to provide an update on...
Class 4 MHRA Drug Alert – Zoledronic acid 5mg solution for infusion (Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Europe BV)
April 4, 2019
Drug Alert No: El (19) A/08 Date Issued: 4th April 2019 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued...
Upcoming Easter holiday opening hours
April 3, 2019
Community pharmacies must open to provide pharmaceutical services for all core contractual and supplementary hours each week. But, where the...
Annual NHS complaints report now due
April 2, 2019
Community pharmacy contractors are reminded of the need to prepare their annual NHS complaints report for 2018/19. The annual complaints report covers...
