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Background for the Safer Management of Controlled Drugs (PDF: 69KB)Controlled drug prescribing (PDF: 109KB) Requisitions for Schedule 1, 2 and 3 controlled drugs Further information relating to private CD requisitions can be found on the Home…

Pharmacy contractors will be able to obtain the following Covid-19 antivirals at no cost from Alliance Healthcare (further information will be available from Alliance Healthcare Distribution in due course).  Drug Pack size…

The NHS LFD tests supply service for patients potentially eligible for COVID-19 treatments started on 6 November 2023.  Aims of the service  To offer eligible at-risk patients access to LFD tests to enable testing at home for COVID-19, if they…

Since February 2024, a licensed version of Azathioprine 50mg/5ml oral suspension became available. Therefore, for prescriptions dispensed in February and March 2024: where there is an endorsement for the licensed product, then reimbursement will…

The Department of Health and Social Care and the National Assembly of Wales have re-determined that the reimbursement price for the following item will be: Amantadine 100mg capsules (56) - £26.34 (instead of £11.25) Pharmacy contractors should…

Prisoners who are released from prison unexpectedly can get their medicines for free until they arrange to see their GP or register with a new GP.  They’ll need to take an FP10 or FP10MDA to the pharmacy. Prison prescribing on FP10 and FP10MDA…

March 2018 Medicines Optimisation Dashboard is now available. Medicines Optimisation is about improving patient outcomes, quality and value from medicines use, guided by the principles of medicines optimisation. This dashboard brings together a…

Medicines Optimisation is about improving patient outcomes, quality and value from medicines use, guided by the principles of medicines optimisation. This dashboard brings together a range of data relating to variation in medicines use and…

eRD top tips   Be prepared to invest some ‘set–up’ time at the practice. This is an ‘invest to save’ process. Start small – increase numbers and expand the selection criteria as the confidence of the prescriber and practice increases. Improve…

This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC): The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), in partnership with NHS Supply Chain, have implemented a new PPE Portal platform to ensure continued access to…