Community Pharmacy England (CPE) - News updates

Following representations made by Community Pharmacy England on behalf of community pharmacy owners, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has redetermined the April 2025 reimbursement prices for the following products, to reflect an increase in their NHS list prices. To avoid pharmacy owners dispensing these products at a loss, DHSC has agreed to grant [...] The post Retrospective reimbursement prices for April 2025 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

NHS England previously announced the launch of a new community pharmacy Point of Care (PoC) IT Supplier Contractual Framework, which will allow pharmacy owners to choose which PoC system they use to make their clinical records for the Flu and COVID-19 vaccination services during the Autumn/Winter 2025/26 campaign. IT suppliers listed on the new framework will be assured by NHS [...] The post IT supplier webinars ahead of launched vaccine IT system framework appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

A new report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pharmacy calls for urgent reforms to medicines supply, after describing shortages as a “permanent and escalating feature” of the healthcare system. Published today, the report on an APPG inquiry into the issue concludes that shortages have become a constant and growing threat to NHS care [...] The post MPs find medicines shortages now a systemic threat to NHS patient care appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

MHRA Class 2 Medicines Recall: Zaditen 0.25 mg/ml, eye drops, solution (Laboratoires Théa) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/34 Date issued: 07 July 2025 Laboratoires Théa trading as Thea Pharmaceuticals Limited have notified the MHRA of an out of specification event related to environmental monitoring during manufacturing, which may increase the risk of microbial contamination of the [...] The post Class 2 Medicines Recall: Zaditen 0.25 mg/ml, eye drops, solution (Laboratoires Théa) appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Pharmacy owners providing the Pharmacy Contraception Service are reminded that the Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) advises that individuals use contraception whilst using Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists, with additional advice for those using tirzepatide. The statement from the FSRH can be found at: FSRH statement: Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists and oral contraception (Feb [...] The post Reminder: GLP-1 receptor agonists interactions with oral contraception – safety guidance appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

With the conclusion of the NHS 10-Year Health Plan imminent, this is a critical time for community pharmacy and it is important that we focus on the future, including looking at negotiating priorities to further leverage community pharmacy’s position. Pharmacy owners across London are invited to ‘Future of Pharmacy’ workshop event to discuss the potential [...] The post London Pharmacy Owners: Book on your local Future of Pharmacy workshop appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The new streamlined process for making claims for the Discharge Medicines Service (DMS) has gone live today (6th July 2025). The new process, which has been agreed following feedback about the previous lengthy process from Community Pharmacy England, should be used to claim for any activity for DMS that has been completed since 1st July [...] The post New shortened claim journey for DMS is live appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) host webinars to provide an insight into how they process and reimburse prescriptions. These sessions take place online and last approximately 60 minutes. During the sessions, pharmacy teams are shown how NHSBSA handle prescription submissions and are given an overview of the most common errors found on prescriptions submitted [...] The post NHSBSA Online Webinars for Pharmacy Teams appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Environment Agency has published its response to the Waste Charges Consultation, which indicates our efforts to stop an increase in charges for community pharmacies have been successful. The consultation, held in January 2025, detailed a proposal to introduce regulatory charges for all waste registrations to raise funds for the Environment Agency’s work to target [...] The post Environment Agency drops proposed charge for T28 registration appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for the following product: Salbutamol 100micrograms/dose breath actuated inhalers CFC free MSN/2025/041 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 04/07/2025 Salbutamol (Salamol Easi-Breathe®) 100micrograms/dose breath actuated inhaler CFC free is out of stock until mid-September 2025; following resupply, stock will [...] The post Medicine Supply Notification: Salbutamol 100micrograms/dose breath actuated inhalers CFC free appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.