Community Pharmacy England (CPE) - News updates

MHRA Class 2 Medicines Notification: Lercanidipine HCl 20mg Tablets (Recordati Industria) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/17 Date issued: 17 April 2025 Recordati Pharmaceuticals Limited has informed the MHRA of an error in the strength of the product printed on some of the faces (sides) of the product carton. The error is limited to one batch of [...] The post MHRA Class 2 Medicines Recall: Lercanidipine HCl 20mg Tablets (Recordati Industria) appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community pharmacy owners are being asked to share their views a following the new CPCF funding settlement, ahead of the next full Community Pharmacy England Committee meeting taking place at the end of this month (30th April to 1st May). The new CPCF arrangements mark a pivotal moment for the sector and while the Committee [...] The post Pharmacy owner views sought on CPCF arrangements for 2024/25 and 2025/26 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

In discussions with DHSC, Community Pharmacy England has agreed a mechanism to allow pharmacy owners to receive the 19p Single Activity Fee (SAF) increase sooner for dispensing months of April 2025 and May 2025. The advanced payments for these dispensing months will be adjusted to incorporate the uplift to the SAF. No adjustment to advance [...] The post Uplift to advanced payments for April and May 2025 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Fentanyl (Durogesic® DTrans®) 12micrograms/hour, 25micrograms/hour, 50micrograms/hour, 75micrograms/hour, and 100micrograms/hour patches. MSN/2025/023 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 15th April 2025 Durogesic® DTrans® 75micrograms/hour patches are out of stock until December 2025. Durogesic® DTrans® 12micrograms/hour patches will be out of [...] The post Medicine Supply Notification: Fentanyl (Durogesic® DTrans®) patches appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

NHS England has published an invitation to tender (ITT) inviting community pharmacy owners interested in providing a Community Pharmacy Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and Pertussis Vaccination Enhanced Service in the North West region. Announcement of the tender, follows an earlier tender of the service in the Midlands region. The ITT seeks expressions of interest from pharmacy [...] The post RSV and Pertussis vacs: North West tender goes live appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The GPhC has jointly issued an enforcement notice with the ASA and MHRA, which makes it clear that adverts for named prescription-only medicines (POMs) for weight management are prohibited. The GPhC will write to pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy owners to raise awareness of this enforcement notice.   The post GPhC joint Enforcement Notice: Prescription-only medicines used for weight management appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Galantamine 8mg, 16mg and 24mg modified-release capsules. MSN/2025/022 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 11th April 2025 Galantamine 8mg modified release capsules are in limited supply until late July 2025. Galantamine 16mg modified release capsules will be out of [...] The post Medicine Supply Notification: Galantamine 8mg, 16mg and 24mg modified-release capsules appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has today written to pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy owners to raise awareness of some emerging issues which have led to concerns being raised with them, and asked everyone to review the information provided and consider what actions they may need to take, depending on their role and the setting(s) [...] The post GPhC highlights concerns to registrants and pharmacy owners appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England CEO Janet Morrison and Steve Race MP, Chair of the APPG for Pharmacy, hosted a Parliamentary event this week (Monday 7th April) on the pharmacy funding settlement for 2024/25 and 2025/26. Community Pharmacy England representatives met with 25 cross-party MPs and Parliamentary Staff Members at the Houses of Parliament, with some dialing [...] The post MPs briefed on community pharmacy funding settlement appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

NHS England is inviting community pharmacy owners and teams to take part in user research on The aim is to better understand your decision-making process, preferences, and requirements for Point-of-Care solutions. Virtual sessions, lasting 20-30 minutes, offer an opportunity to share your views and suggestions. Interviews will be scheduled from 9th to 18th April 2025, [...] The post Share your views: Vaccination Point-of-Care solutions appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.