Community Pharmacy England (CPE) - News updates

Some pharmacy owners have flagged that they are experiencing problems submitting their monthly payment claim on the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal. Community Pharmacy England quickly raised this with the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), who informed us that the issue relates solely to printing batch documentation, the Account Identifier Document. Whilst a copy of [...] The post MYS batch documentation printing issue appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Community Pharmacy Patient Safety Group (CPPSG) has issued various bank holiday resources that are useful for pharmacy owners and their team members in the run-up to the Easter bank holiday period.  The resources focus on support for pharmacy owners managing additional challenges regarding opioid treatment programmes during bank holiday periods.  Focus on Methadone video – watch now  Bank Holiday Checklist – opioid treatment programmes – download now  Pharmacy owners and pharmacy team members are also reminded to follow [...] The post Bank holiday resources appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Pharmacy owners are reminded that they are not permitted to subcontract the New Medicine Service (NMS) to third-party, off-site providers. If they do, contrary to the Directions last year, they run the risk of recovery of the payment for these services by ICBs (through NHS England’s Post-Payment Verification processes) and being found in breach of [...] The post Reminder – New Medicine Service (NMS) providing the service offsite appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Pharmacy teams are reminded that the NHS prescription charge will remain at £9.90 per prescription item for 2026/27. A Government press release (released on 21/11/2025) previously confirmed that the NHS prescription charge would be frozen for 2026/27, as well as the costs for prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs). The list of 2026/27 prescription-related charges are outlined below. NHS charges for [...] The post NHS prescription charges to remain at £9.90 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (31/03/2026) confirmed the following list of price concessions for March 2026: Please note: Community Pharmacy England has submitted price concession applications for a number of other medicines affected by pricing issues this month. We will issue further updates as soon as we hear back from the [...] The post March 2026 Price Concessions 4th Update appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Lateral flow device tests supply service for patients potentially eligible for COVID-19 treatments (LFD service) will continue to be commissioned as an Advanced service through 2026/27. NHS England has agreed the fee for provision of the service will increase to £4.19 + VAT from 1st April 2026, following a request from Community Pharmacy England [...] The post C-19 LFD service: commissioning continues through 2026/27 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Chlordiazepoxide 5mg and 10mg capsules. MSN/2026/021 Tier 2 – Medium impact Date of issue: 30 March 2026 Chlordiazepoxide 5mg and 10mg capsules (Viatris) are out of stock until mid-July 2026. Chlordiazepoxide 10mg capsules (Kent Pharma) have been discontinued. Chlordiazepoxide 5mg capsules [...] The post Medicine Supply Notification: Chlordiazepoxide 5mg and 10mg capsules appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Cefixime (Suprax®) 200mg tablets. MSN/2026/020 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 30 March 2026 Cefixime (Suprax®) 200mg tablets are in limited supply until mid-October 2026. Alternative broad-spectrum antibiotics remain available. Unlicensed supplies may be sourced, lead times vary. Unlicensed [...] The post Medicine Supply Notification: Cefixime (Suprax® ) 200mg tablets appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

23 new products (including those with multiple flavours) have been added to the ‘Drugs for which Discount is Not Deducted’ (DND) list from 1 April 2026. Community Pharmacy England, on behalf of pharmacy owners, applied to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) for these products to [...] The post 23 products added to the Discount Not Deducted (DND) list from April 2026 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

MHRA Class 2 Medicines Recall: Rabies, Human normal Immunoglobulin 500IU solution for Injection (Bio Products Laboratory Limited) Drug alert number: EL(26)A/18 Date issued: 30 March 2026 Bio Products Laboratory Limited is recalling one batch of Human Rabies Immunoglobulin following a stability failure for this batch. The batch has shown a reduction in potency of the [...] The post MHRA Class 2 Medicines Recall: Rabies, Human normal Immunoglobulin 500IU solution for Injection (Bio Products Laboratory Limited) appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.