Community Pharmacy England (CPE) - News updates
PQS: The Aspiration payment window is now open
Pharmacy owners are now able to make a claim for an Aspiration payment for the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2025/26 on the NHS Business Services Authority’s Manage Your Service (MYS) portal. The Aspiration payment is optional; if pharmacy owners do not want to claim it, it will not impact on the pharmacy owner’s ability to [...] The post PQS: The Aspiration payment window is now open appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.
April 2025 Price Concessions Final Update
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (30/04/2025) confirmed the following final list of price concessions for April 2025. Drug Pack size Price concession Ascorbic acid 100mg tablets 28 £30.49 Buprenorphine 2mg sublingual tablets sugar free 7 £2.73 Carbocisteine 375mg capsules 120 £3.01 Clarithromycin 250mg/5ml oral suspension 70 £9.93 Desmopressin 120microgram sublingual [...] The post April 2025 Price Concessions Final Update appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.
Expiry of Government stockpile of Paxlovid® (Nirmatrelvir 150mg tablets and Ritonavir 100mg tablets)
NHS England (NHSE) has confirmed that all remaining supplies of Government procured COVID-19 antiviral medicine Paxlovid® (Nirmatrelvir 150mg tablets and Ritonavir 100mg tablets) will expire on 31 May 2025. This follows the recent deletion of Lagevrio® (Molnupiravir 200mg capsules) from Part VIIIC of the April 2025 Drug Tariff after Government stock of Lagevrio® expired on [...] The post Expiry of Government stockpile of Paxlovid® (Nirmatrelvir 150mg tablets and Ritonavir 100mg tablets) appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.
Medicine Supply Notification: Fentanyl (Effentora® ) 200microgram, 400microgram, 600microgram, 800microgram buccal tablets Fentanyl (Actiq® ) 800microgram lozenges
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Fentanyl (Effentora®) 200microgram, 400microgram, 600microgram, 800microgram buccal tablets Fentanyl (Actiq®) 800microgram lozenges. MSN/2025/025 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 30th April 2025 Effentora® 200microgram, 400microgram, 600microgram, 800microgram buccal tablets are out of stock until late May 2025. Effentora® 100microgram [...] The post Medicine Supply Notification: Fentanyl (Effentora® ) 200microgram, 400microgram, 600microgram, 800microgram buccal tablets Fentanyl (Actiq® ) 800microgram lozenges appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.
Ivermectin 3mg tablets and Paxlovid 150mg/100mg tablets added to the Discount Not Deducted (DND) list from May 2025
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 2 new products being added to the ‘Drugs for which Discount is Not Deducted’ (DND) list from 1 May 2025. This takes the total [...] The post Ivermectin 3mg tablets and Paxlovid 150mg/100mg tablets added to the Discount Not Deducted (DND) list from May 2025 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.
Extended FP34C submission deadline for prescriptions dispensed in April 2025
With Early May Bank Holiday (5 May 2025) occurring in the first five days of the FP34C submission window, pharmacy owners will have an extra day, until the end of 6 May 2025, to submit their April FP34Cs using the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal and to dispatch their prescription bundle to the relevant pricing [...] The post Extended FP34C submission deadline for prescriptions dispensed in April 2025 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.
Government announces the next steps for Hub and Spoke dispensing
The Government has laid amendments to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (HMR) in Parliament as the next step towards Hub and Spoke dispensing for community pharmacies. The Human Medicines (Amendments Relating to Hub and Spoke Dispensing etc.) Regulations 2025 Key points of the HMR amendments in brief are: Only Model 1: patient – spoke – [...] The post Government announces the next steps for Hub and Spoke dispensing appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.
Health Stakeholders briefed on community pharmacy funding settlement
Community Pharmacy England met with health stakeholders last week (Thursday 24th April) to brief them on the impact of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework settlement for 2024/25 and 2025/26 on patients and the pharmacy sector. During the event, attendees heard more about the new funding and contractual arrangements, including how the changes will affect community pharmacies, [...] The post Health Stakeholders briefed on community pharmacy funding settlement appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.
NHSBSA ‘Hints & Tips’ – Issue 59
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) produces a quarterly newsletter called “Hints & Tips for dispensing contractors”. The latest edition (Issue 58) contains some useful information and advice on: Tax credits ended on Saturday 5 April 2025 NHS Pharmacy First Service – PPV activity MYS January activity – Monday 5 May 2025 deadline Correctly using [...] The post NHSBSA ‘Hints & Tips’ – Issue 59 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.
MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Pregabalin 25mg, 50mg, 75mg, 100mg, 150mg, 200mg, 225mg, 300mg Capsules, (Jubilant Pharmaceuticals NV)
MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Brilique 90mg tablets (G Pharma Ltd) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/19 Date issued: 29 April 2025 Jubilant Pharmaceuticals BV has informed the Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) that the outer carton (box) of the product batches mentioned in this notification are missing the medicines legal classification for a Prescription [...] The post MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Pregabalin 25mg, 50mg, 75mg, 100mg, 150mg, 200mg, 225mg, 300mg Capsules, (Jubilant Pharmaceuticals NV) appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.