Oh, NHS Business Services Authority... why can't you have generic drug listings in the Drug Tariff, the concessions list AND the concession top up list all in the same format? It'd saved me from trying to standardise them myself with this sort of nonsense!

Why do you insist on stating that these concession prices have been agreed NHS Business Services Authority ? They are untested and have been imposed by Department of Health and Social Care upon pharmacies, not agreed with Community Pharmacy England

We just updated our popular antibiotic sensitivity chart (May 2024). I think you'll find it useful. I believe it is the best one out there but of course I'm biased. Thanks.
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National Patient Safety Alert - Shortage of Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT)
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Ben Merriman Department of Health and Social Care National Pharmacy Association Community Pharmacy England Independent Pharmacies Association (IPA) Company Chemists' Association Can someone tell me for certain, are Community Pharmacy England and Department of Health and Social Care still discussing the new pharmacy contract for 2024/25 or is it a casualty of election purdah?

SSPs for clarithromycin suspension are back! 125mg in 5mL suspension can be switched to 250mg in 5mL and 250mg in 5mL suspension to 250mg tablets. Important to note that tabs cannot be given in place of 125mg in 5mL suspension.
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With our new found Brexit freedoms, are we now able to sell pints of Calpol? Asking for a friend...

Ben Merriman Derek Thomas Rishi Sunak For pharmacy first to work it requires pharmacy premises. They cannot provide the basic services currently and without that no bolt on services. We aren’t crying “wolf”. The latest MLW increase is a hammer blow in these circumstances

Thank you to Derek Thomas for highlighting the crippling funding pressures facing the community pharmacy network. I know Rishi Sunak cares for the sector (having worked in his own mother's pharmacy) but increased funding over and above Pharmacy First is needed to support the sector

5 minutes from home. I win.

Yet another patient choosing which medicine to get as can't afford prescription charges 'til payday next week. Direct debit not an option. This must be some sort of dystopian, alternate universe we live in, patients should not have to choose like this Department of Health and Social Care Victoria Atkins

Excellent news re: lisdexamfetamine, just need methylphenidate supply to return to something approaching normal, have so many patients anxious about getting ADHD medicines
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Excellent article from PulseToday by Toni Hazell regarding contraception. Well worth a read for pharmacists providing this service in community pharmacy: pulsetoday.co.uk/clinical-featu…