Pharmacy contractors reminded to complete CPAF screening process by 31 August
The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has been reminding contractors to complete the 2022/23 Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) screening questionnaire by midnight on...
Twenty-eight new medicines added to DND list
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has added further 28 new products to the list of ‘Drugs for which Discount is Not Deducted’ (DND) in...
PSNC provides guidance for pharmacy to ensure patients are not affected due to closure
The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has urged community pharmacy to plan and ensure patients are able to access their prescription if they have...
‘Early signs’ monkeypox outbreak plateauing in UK, health authority says
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said last week (Aug 5) there were "early signs" that the monkeypox outbreak was plateauing across the country...
BioNTech expects to begin deliveries of upgraded and Omicron-adapted vaccines from October
The German biotech firm BioNTech expects to begin deliveries of two Omicron-adapted vaccines as soon as October, which will help spur demand in the...
OPINION: ‘Recent leadership actions, activities and proclamations of RPS have left us bewildered’
By Mark Koziol
Many older pharmacists will recall that I used to be an elected member of the Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of...
Regulator strikes out two-year requirement as registered pharmacist for IP training in Northern Ireland
The Council of the Pharmaceutical Society NI (PSNI) to remove the two-year requirement as a registered pharmacist to have an Independent Prescriber (IP) annotation...
MHRA recalls Mexiletine hydrochloride 50mg, 100mg & 200 mg hard capsulesÂ
Three batches of Mexiletine hydrochloride 50mg, 100mg and 200 mg hard capsules manufactured by Clinigen Healthcare has been recalled.
Pharmacists are urged to quarantine the...
Authorities to take action against illegal ‘hay fever jab’ adverts online
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) have issued a joint enforcement notice about the 'illegal' advertising...
‘Pharmacy teams should have access to up-to-date records information’
In its response to the Health and Social Care Committee inquiry into ‘Digital Transformation in the NHS’, the Community Pharmacy IT Group (CP ITG)...
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