Community Pharmacy England (CPE) - News updates

Community Pharmacy England is pleased to announce the appointment of Rahul Sharda, an independent pharmacy owner from Stoke-on-Trent, as the new Regional Representative Committee Member for the East and North Midlands. Rahul joins the Community Pharmacy England Committee will serve in this role until 31st March 2027, in line with the current committee term. To [...] The post New East and North Midlands Regional Representative Appointed appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Following representations made by Community Pharmacy England on behalf of community pharmacy owners, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has redetermined the May 2026 concessionary prices for Indometacin 25mg capsules & Sumatriptan 50mg tablets. Product Pack size Price concession Indometacin 25mg capsules 28 £11.20 (previously £10.24) Sumatriptan 50mg tablets 28 £6.26 (previously £5.85) [...] The post Improved prices for Indometacin 25mg capsules & Sumatriptan 50mg tablets for May 2026 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Following the announcement of the 2026/27 negotiations, a Drug Tariff update has been published to base the New Medicine Service (NMS) monthly consultation cap on 0.9% rather than 1.0% of monthly prescriptions. This change is unlikely to impact the majority of pharmacy owners; however, pharmacy owners are encouraged to review the new caps, as shown [...] The post NMS: Change to monthly cap from June 2026 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Ponlimsi (Denosumab) 60mg Solution for Injection in Pre-filled Syringe (Teva UK Ltd) EL(26)A/27 DMRC reference number: DMRC- 39320587 Date issued: 4 June 2026 Teva UK Limited is reporting a labelling error on the carton for Ponlimsi (Denosumab) 60mg Solution for injection in Pre-filled Syringe. The carton states “For application to [...] The post MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Ponlimsi (Denosumab) 60mg Solution for Injection in Pre-filled Syringe (Teva UK Ltd) appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Update 04/06/2026: Changes in the alert below are in bold 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) [...] The post Medicine Supply Notification: Rivastigmine 4.6mg/24hours and 9.5mg/24hours transdermal patches – updated appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) has now launched the Asthma for Pharmacy Quality Scheme 2026/27 e-learning. View the Asthma for Pharmacy Quality Scheme 2026/27 e-learning Pharmacists are required to complete this e-learning (as well as the Asthma e-assessment) by 31st March 2027 as part of the Medicines optimisation and patient safety domain of [...] The post PQS: CPPE asthma e-learning now available appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The following price concessions granted in May 2026 have rolled over to June 2026: Drug Pack size Price concession Atorvastatin 60mg tablets 28 £4.37 Betamethasone 0.1% ear/eye/nose drops 10 £2.82 Bicalutamide 150mg tablets 28 £4.77 Bicalutamide 50mg tablets 28 £2.95 Eplerenone 25mg tablets 28 £2.35 Lisinopril 20mg tablets 28 £1.20 Mirtazapine 15mg tablets 28 £1.15 [...] The post Rolled over price concessions for June 2026 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England has released an IT bulletin update ahead of the Community Pharmacy IT Group (CP ITG) meeting for its summer meeting. Recent developments include: Medicine pack barcode data quality The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) continue to be made aware of concerns about the limited availability and consistency of Global Trade [...] The post Pharmacy IT workstreams update published as IT group meets appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

A medicine supply notification (MSN) was issued by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in November 2025 to inform pharmacy teams of a shortage affecting Propranolol 80mg and 160mg modified release capsules. Since the publication of the MSN, the Medicines Supply Tool hosted on the Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS) website has been updated [...] The post Supply of unlicensed Propranolol modified-release capsules appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.