Community Pharmacy England (CPE) - News updates

This is the ninth of a series of articles to tackle some of the misconceptions around Pharmacy First. The articles will cover a variety of aspects of Pharmacy First and aims to myth bust, to increase understanding of the service. If I receive a message that my Pharmacy First IT system cannot send an automated [...] The post Pharmacy First myth busting series (#9) appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that sufficient stock of Monomil® XL 60mg tablets is now available to meet normal demand. As a result the Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP), SSP075 Monomil® XL 60mg tablets expires at 23.59pm on Friday 17 January 2025. After this date, any prescriptions for Monomil® XL 60mg [...] The post Expiry of SSP075 Monomil® XL 60mg tablets appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (17/01/2025) announced the following list of price concessions for January 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Acamprosate 333mg gastro-resistant tablets 168 £21.90 Bimatoprost 300micrograms/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye [...] The post January 2025 Price Concessions 2nd Update appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England has published new guidance to help community pharmacy owners complete the Data Security and Protection Toolkit 2025. The Toolkit is used to make a pharmacy’s information governance (IG) declaration and must be completed by 30th June 2025. Community Pharmacy England has collaborated with the NHS DSPTK team to keep the workload associated with [...] The post Data Security & Protection Toolkit 2025: Community Pharmacy England guidance available appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Update 18/10/2024 – The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has provided an update on the Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP) for Estradot® 75micrograms/24hours patches and Estradot® 100micrograms/24hours patches (SSP080 and SSP081). SSP080 was due to expire on 19 January 2025 but the end date has been further extended to Friday 14 March 2025. SSP081 [...] The post Two SSPs for Estradot® patches extended appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England has launched its fourth annual Pressures Survey, and all pharmacy owners and staff are asked to share their views.   The survey provides crucial evidence as part of ongoing work to monitor and quantify the intolerable challenges facing the sector. Results will be used to raise awareness in the national media and Parliament, [...] The post Pharmacy Pressures Survey 2025: It’s time to share your views appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has notified Community Pharmacy England that the Manage Your Service (MYS) Pharmacy portal will be unavailable due to essential maintenance between 7:00am and 6:00pm on the following days:    Saturday 18 January 2025 Saturday 8 February 2025 Saturday 15 February 2025 Pharmacy owners will not be able to access the [...] The post Planned MYS downtime due to essential maintenance appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (16/01/2025) announced the following initial list of price concessions for January 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Alfuzosin 2.5mg tablets 60 £3.80 Calcipotriol 0.005% / Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05% [...] The post January 2025 Price Concessions 1st Update appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

This is the eighth of a series of articles to tackle some of the misconceptions around Pharmacy First. The articles will cover a variety of aspects of Pharmacy First and aims to myth bust, to increase understanding of the service. It is fine to always select ‘other’ and free type the outcome of the consultation [...] The post Pharmacy First myth busting series (#8) appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Xylocaine® (lidocaine) 10mg spray MSN/2025/003 Tier 2 medium impact Date of issue: 14th January 2025 Xylocaine® (lidocaine) 10mg spray is out of stock until mid-February 2025. Lidocaine 5% / Phenylephrine 0.5% spray remains available and can support an increase in demand. [...] The post Medicine Supply Notification: Xylocaine® (lidocaine) 10mg spray appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.