Community Pharmacy England (CPE) - News updates

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. Generic drug name (dm+d descriptor) Brand and/or manufacturer Pack Size Special container Elafibranor 80mg tablets Iqirvo® 80mg tablets (Ipsen Ltd) 30 tablet Complete pack Desmopressin 60microgram [...] The post 7 products re-classified as special containers from January 2026 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

NHS England is seeking feedback from pharmacy owners to help shape the supply of COVID-19 vaccines and live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) nasal spray for two and three-year-olds in future campaigns. Feedback will help NHS England determine whether initial vaccine allocations matched planned vaccination pace, deliveries arrived appropriately and how the supply process can be [...] The post Call for feedback – Help shape future C-19 & LAIV vac centralised supplies appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Drug Tariff Category M pricelist for January 2026 has been published on the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) website. The latest outturns from the margin survey of independent pharmacies indicate that at the end of Q1 2025/26, there remains an over delivery of medicine margin of circa £158m. The announcement on the NHSBSA website indicates [...] The post January 2026 Category M prices announced appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

A new Category will be introduced to Part VIIIA of the Drug Tariff by Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) from March 2026. The change forms part of the actions set out in the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) settlement with the aim of improving the distribution of medicine margin. It was also part of [...] The post Introduction of new Drug Tariff Part VIIIA Category: Category H appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Drug Tariff Preface published monthly, lists additions, deletions and other changes to products listed in the Drug Tariff. Below is a summary of the changes coming into effect from 1 January 2026. Key g Special container – This product is a special container and should be dispensed in its complete original pack size. n Item requiring reconstitution [...] The post Drug Tariff Watch – January 2026 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.