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NEW SOP: HRT Prescription Sorting P14
Dispex is pleased to provide its members with a SOP template library: All Templates MUST be personalised to individual practices. Scope HRT Prescription Sorting p14 This SOP applies specifically to...
The DES Specification Contract has been announced: Training Funding!!
Leadership and Management Training Funding The 2024-25 PCN DES contract specification allows for a Leadership and Management payment, but this is now combined into the core PCN Funding. Please click...
NEWS FLASH: Drug Supply Update-18th May
Drug Supply Page Dispex provides primary care focused updates on drug supply issues. Data is taken from the SPS website on a weekly basis. 5 Resolved 2 discontinued Dispex members can...
The rise of the Caldicott principles
May 16, 2024 by Phil – Practice Index Caldicott, confidentiality and the UK GDPR are probably terms you’ve heard of. You likely associate them with your day-to-day work (there’s a very...
NHS App messaging saved NHS more than £1 million in last year
Source : NHS England 7.5.24 Messages sent to millions of patients via the NHS App have saved the NHS £1.1 million on the cost of previously sending the information via...
Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Doncaster Pharma Limited, Keppra 500mg film-coated tablets, EL(24)A/15
Source: MHRA / Gov.uk 15.5.24 Doncaster Pharma Limited have identified an error relating to the Braille printed on the cartons on various parallel imported packs which have been repackaged by...
Mental Health Awareness Week
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Work-Life Harmony in Dispensing practice
By Kirstye Todd, Dispex Tutor Balancing the demands of a career in healthcare with personal responsibilities can be a daunting task. The nature of working in a dispensary requires dedication...
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Dispex is led by two dispensing doctors, Dr Koopowitz and Dr Kant, which enables us to recognise and target the specialised difficulties, then offer the necessary advice, a Dispensing...
Hay Fever Formulary 2024
By Dispex Whilst patients are encouraged to self-medicate, many dispensing patients do not have easy access to over-the-counter medications and thus rely on prescriptions from their doctors. In addition, some...
Concessions – the next frontier for the clawback mechanism
By Dispex Prior to April 2024, the DHSC clawed back any profit that pharmacy was making over and above the allowed profit. The profit is assessed on the purchase prices...