October 8th 2026
“The dispenser has an important role to spot prescribing errors, and check if uncertain.” That is the message from Dr Ben Burgess, DDA Board member, in his DDA Conference 2026 presentation, Safety: Common Drug Errors, High-Risk Drugs, Lo
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October 8th 2026
“Monitored Dosage Systems (MDS) are a lot more work than your standard dispensing process. There is also some negotiating to be done with the companies who provide the trays so get haggling!” Those are the take home messages from DDA Adv
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October 7th 2026
In their presentation to the DDA 2026 Conference, CQC representatives Dr Victoria Lea, (deputy director of medicines optimisation and IR(ME)R and Kuldeep Virdee, pharmacist specialist set out their areas of focus for inspection. She stressed that CQ
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October 7th 2026
Know where it came from… know where it went… and be able to prove it. That was the take home message from the DDA26 Controlling Controlled Drugs presentation by Dr Stephanie White, GP partner, The Downland Practice at the DDA 2026 Conf
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October 7th 2026
Nearly one in five hospitals state they have “somewhat” enabled the Electronic Prescription Service, with the NHS England aiming to increase this figure to 50 per cent by 2028, DDA Vice Chair Dr Mike Barstow told the 2026 DDA Conference.
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October 6th 2026
DHSC has issued a Tier 2 MSN for Lacidipine 2mg and 4mg tablets: out of stock until early November 2026 Up-to-date information about these and other medicine supply issues can be found in the DHSC and NHSE online Medicines Supply Too
Supply Shortages
October 6th 2026
Norgine Limited is recalling two batches of Movicol Plain 13.7g powder for oral solution (macrogol 3350, sodium chloride, sodium hydrogen carbonate, potassium chloride). The affected batch numbers are: Batch No. Expiry Date
MHRA alert
NHS digitisation/electronic prescription services 
Pharmaceutical Needs Assessments 
Reimbursement 
Clawback 
Branded generics 
Remuneration - rurality 
