Archive for Medication updates
Extended government restrictions on use of puberty suppressing hormones
Source: The CQC/NHS England Extended government restrictions on use of puberty suppressing hormones (puberty blockers): information for prescribers and pharmacists / dispensing doctors. Since 3 June 2024, in Great Britain,...
REMINDER -Rivaroxaban addition to Category A and M from September 2024
Source: NHS Prescription Services Rivaroxaban addition to Category A and M from September 2024 The Department of Health and Social Care has announced upcoming changes to the reimbursement of rivaroxaban,...
Flu vaccination programme 2024 to 2025: information for healthcare practitioners
Source: UK Health Security Agency / Gov.uk – Updated 5 August 2024 Seasonal flu vaccination is a critically important public health intervention to reduce morbidity and mortality in those most...
Rivaroxaban addition to Category A and M from September 2024
Source: NHS Prescription Services Rivaroxaban addition to Category A and M from September 2024 The Department of Health and Social Care has announced upcoming changes to the reimbursement of rivaroxaban,...
NEWS ALERT: Drug Supply Update-2nd June
Drug Supply Page Dispex provides primary care focused updates on drug supply issues. Data is taken from the SPS website on a weekly basis. 4 Resolved items 5 New Unavailable items...
REMINDER: HRT PPC Change From the 1st August 2024
Source: NHSBSA Email 17.7.24 Medicines covered by the Hormone Replacement Therapy Prescription Prepayment Certificate (HRT PPC) From Thursday 1 August 2024, the following medicines will no longer be in scope for the...
Category M prices change in August 2024 – Shocker
The DHSC has published an updated Category M price list starting on 1 August and continuing until the end of September. According to the NHSBSA Prescription Services website: “Due to...
Drug Tariff Updates added 30 July 2024
The August Drug Tariff has been published and we have updated the Drug Tariff Update page. The update page lists all Additions and Deletions for August as well as Advance...
NEWS ALERT: Drug Supply Update-26th July
Drug Supply Page Dispex provides primary care focused updates on drug supply issues. Data is taken from the SPS website on a weekly basis. 1 Resolved items 4 new Unavailable items...
NEWS ALERT: Concession Prices – 2nd Update for July 2024.
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Written Statement: Central Procurement of Influenza Vaccine
Source: CABINET STATEMENT, Eluned Morgan MS, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care 16th July 2024 “In October 2022, I made a commitment in the National Immunisation Framework to scope...
NEWS ALERT: Concession Prices – First Update for July 2024.
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