Community Pharmacy England (CPE) - News updates

Community Pharmacy England and others have contributed to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s (RPS) revised professional standards for responding to patient safety incidents. The Patient Safety Professional Standards: Responding to Patient Safety Incidents has been developed by the RPS, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK and Pharmacy Forum NI, with the support of a steering group and a [...] The post Pharmacy stakeholder group produces Patient Safety Professional Standards appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Naloxegol (Moventig® ) 12.5mg and 25mg tablets MSN/2024/045 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 23rd April 2024 Naloxegol (Moventig®) 12.5mg tablets are out of stock until early August 2024. Naloxegol (Moventig®) 25mg tablets are out of stock until the [...] The post Medicine Supply Notification: Naloxegol (Moventig® ) 12.5mg and 25mg tablets appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Cefalexin 125mg/5ml and 250mg/5ml oral suspension MSN/2024/041 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 10th April 2024 Cefalexin 125mg/5ml oral suspension is out of stock from mid-April until early-July 2024. Cefalexin 250mg/5ml oral suspension is out of stock from late-April [...] The post Medicine Supply Notification: Cefalexin 125mg/5ml and 250mg/5ml oral suspension appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Carbamazepine 100mg and 200mg tablets MSN/2024/040 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 10th April 2024 Tegretol® (carbamazepine) 100mg tablets are out of stock until mid-April 2024 Tegretol® 200mg tablets remain available and can support a partial increase in demand [...] The post Medicine Supply Notification: Carbamazepine 100mg and 200mg tablets appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Phenobarbital 15mg tablets (Accord) MSN/2024/039 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 10th April 2024 Phenobarbital 15mg tablets (Accord) are out of stock with a resupply date yet to be confirmed. Phenobarbital 15mg tablets from other manufacturers remain available and [...] The post Medicine Supply Notification: Phenobarbital 15mg tablets (Accord) appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England met in London for a full Committee Meeting on 17th and 18th April 2024. Committee Members discussed critical matters such as the severity of pressures on the sector, the ongoing Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) negotiations, implementation of the Pharmacy First service, and governance matters. The Committee were also joined by LPC [...] The post Intolerable pressures on pharmacy owners and current negotiations discussed at April Committee Meeting appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England has prepared a new factsheet to help pharmacy owners maximise their income from dispensing. The factsheet includes top tips to help maximise income or reduce losses when: Dispensing Ordering Endorsing prescriptions Submitting claims/prescriptions for payment (including end-of-month MYS declaration) Reconciling payments against claims submitted The factsheet also links to a wealth of [...] The post Top tips to maximise dispensing income appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Nuffield Trust’s latest report ‘The future for health after Brexit’ has found that that patients face a “new normal” of medicines shortages as the UK is hampered by supply issues and the impact of the EU exit. In response to this report released today, we have warned that medicine shortages and market instability are at [...] The post Our response to Nuffield Trust’s new report discussing medicine shortages and Brexit appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

This is the first of a series of articles to help pharmacy owners and their teams to maximise the potential of the Hypertension Case-finding Service (HCFS). The re-launch of the service, including the ability to use the wider pharmacy team to provide parts of the service, allows pharmacy owners to review how they provide the [...] The post Hypertension Case-Finding Service reminder (#1): Maximising the use of my team appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England has opened registration for a national event for pharmacy owners as part of our ongoing efforts to engage more meaningfully with everyone in the sector.   The pressures facing all pharmacy businesses are extreme, and the event will be a chance to hear about the work Community Pharmacy England is doing to find [...] The post Briefing Event: Critical Pressures and the Future appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.