May 13th 2024
UK legislation enabling hub and spoke dispensing will come into force on 1 January, 2025, the DHSC has announced in response to the 2022 consultation. The model to be rolled out will comprise two options: model 1 (spoke-hub-spoke): dispensary sup
Dispensary guidance news Political News
May 13th 2024
There is a risk the UK will be left out of EU measures to mitigate medicines shortages post-Brexit, the Nuffield Trust has warned in a new report, The future for health after Brexit, Explaining recent medicines shortages, the report concludes
Political News Supply Shortages
May 13th 2024
The Royal College of GPs is seeking GPs to provide hands-on experience of resource and workforce pressures, as part of the NHS England General Practice Improvement Programme (GPIP). From July, the RCGP will partner with GPs and Primary Care Networks
England Research Rurality
May 10th 2024
DHSC has published two tier 2 medicine supply notifications: Humalog (insulin lispro) 100units/ml solution for injection 10ml vials: out of stock with an estimated resupply date of late May 2024 Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT):&
Supply Shortages
May 10th 2024
NHS England’s failure to roll out the EPS for dispensing doctors has been raised in Parliament. DDA adviser and Conservative peer Baroness McIntosh of Pickering said: “The question of who is to pay for that infrastructure remains a vexed
England Political News
May 9th 2024
Almost three-quarters of pharmacy staff are spending an estimated 1-2 hours a day trying to obtain medicine stock or alternatives, new research from pharmacy leaders show. Almost all (96%) of pharmacy dispensers say medicine supply issues cause addi
Pharmacy Owners' News Research Supply Shortages
May 9th 2024
DHSC has published two updated Medicine Supply Notifications (MSN) for: Tier 2: Daktacort (hydrocortisone 1% / miconazole 2%) cream; remaining supplies due to be exhausted by the end of May 2024. Tier 3: Pabrinex (Vitamins B and C
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