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Date issued: 5 January 2026 FSA Ref: FSA-PRIN-02-2026 Nestlé has issued a precautionary recall for several SMA infant and follow‑on formula products, due to potential contamination with cereulide toxin – a heat‑stable toxin produced by Bacillus cereus. Affected Products Pharmacy teams should review their stock for the following products and batch codes: SMA Advanced First [...] The post FSA recall: SMA Infant and Follow‑On Formula (Nestlé) appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Pharmacy owners should note that the next advance payment will be received on the 12th January 2026 (for activity completed in December 2025 and declared using the FP34C form on the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal  by the 6th January). The table below shows the advance payment dates for 2026. Dispensing Month Dec 25 Jan [...] The post Advance payment timetable for 2026 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Pharmacy owners who intend to provide COVID-19 vaccinations during the Spring 2026 campaign as part of the Seasonal Vaccination Services are reminded that registration opened on 5th January 2026. Pharmacy owners that want to register to provide COVID-19 vaccinations, must complete their electronic registration declaration using this form. Further details are available at: NHS England [...] The post Reminder: Registration to provide C-19 vacs for Spring 2026 campaign opens appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Update 08/01/2026: Alzest transdermal patches (Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (UK) Ltd) in all strengths have been discontinued. Please note: Care is needed if switching between daily and twice weekly (Zeyzelf) rivastigmine patches to avoid the risk of dosing error. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for the following products: [...] The post Medicine Supply Notification: Rivastigmine 4.6mg/24hours and 9.5mg/24hours transdermal patches appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (31/12/2025) confirmed the following final list of price concessions for December 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Aspirin 75mg dispersible tablets 28 £0.88 Aspirin 75mg dispersible tablets 100 £3.14 Propranolol 160mg modified-release capsules 28 £5.90 For the full list of price concessions granted for December 2025 please visit [...] The post December 2025 Price Concessions Final Update appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Hypurin® Porcine 30/70 Mix (insulin isophane biphasic porcine) 100units/ml suspension for injection 3ml cartridges. MSN/2025/073 Tier 2 – Medium impact Date of issue: 29 December 2025 Hypurin® Porcine 30/70 Mix 100units/ml suspension for injection 3ml cartridges will be out of stock [...] The post Medicine Supply Notification: Hypurin® Porcine 30/70 Mix (insulin isophane biphasic porcine) 100units/ml suspension for injection 3ml cartridges appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England is continuing its work to ensure that the voice of community pharmacy is heard at the highest levels of Government. As part of this, we are inviting MPs to attend the Future of Primary Care Parliamentary Drop-In Event on Tuesday 27th January 2026.  At this Parliamentary event we will be briefing MPs from [...] The post MPs Invited to Future of Primary Care Parliamentary Drop-In  appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

With New Year’s Day (1 January 2026) occurring in the first five days of the FP34C submission window, pharmacy owners will have an extra day, until the end of 6 January 2026, to submit their December FP34Cs using the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal and to dispatch their prescription bundle to the relevant pricing division at [...] The post Extended FP34C submission deadline for prescriptions dispensed in December 2025 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England on behalf of pharmacy owners made further applications to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), resulting in a further 12 new products being added to the ‘Drugs for which Discount is Not Deducted’ (DND) list from 1 January 2026. This takes the total [...] The post 12 products added to the Discount Not Deducted (DND) list from January 2026 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Following representations from Community Pharmacy England, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has re-determined that the following products will be granted special container status from 1 January 2026. The post 7 products re-classified as special containers from January 2026 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.