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VISUfarma have changed their discount scheme
If you are already signed up to their current scheme, you need do nothing more. They have simplified the schemes, so that if you dispense at least 30 packs of...
Pfizer brands now available as generics
Source: Community Pharmacy England 11.6.25 You should be aware that Pfizer Limited has recently ceased supplying a number of its well-established brands and released generic equivalent versions instead. Please click...
FREE CPD Educational Resources
We are pleased to offer Gazette readers FREE CPD Educational Resources. Our new concise modules outline and reinforce best practices, offering an easy and quick way to enhance your...
Induction of new staff in the Dispensary
By Kirstye Todd- Dispex Consultant For dispensing doctors’ practices, effective staff induction is crucial to ensuring seamless patient care and maintaining compliance with NHS and other regulatory bodies. New staff...
Make the Most of Your PCN Leadership & Management Training Funding!
Did you know the 2025/26 PCN DES still includes funding that can support Leadership & Management training? Although the payment is now folded into your core PCN Funding, it can...
Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Dulcolax Adult 5 mg Gastro-resistant Tablets, Opella Healthcare UK, EL(25)A/26
Source: MHRA/ Gov.uk 10.6.25 Opella Healthcare UK LTD has informed the MHRA that there is an error on the artwork for the outer carton of Dulcolax Adult 5mg GR Tablets...
Dispex Training Options
Dispex is considered to be the leading educational company in the UK, providing professional training, advice and consultancy which purely focuses on dispensing practices- as well as providing profitability tools...
Colecalciferol – Bringing Sunshine to your patients – Part 3
By Dr Philip Koopowitz – Director Dispex Making sense of Vitamin D prescribing for Treatment of vitamin D deficiency (Loading dose) Many dispensaries have a range of dosages, forms (capsules,...
Class 2 Medicines Recall: Paracetamol 500mg Tablets, Chelonia Healthcare Limited, EL(25)A/25
Source: MHRA/Gov.uk 9.6.25 Chelonia Healthcare Limited is recalling specific batches of Paracetamol 500mg Tablets (100 pots) as a precautionary measure due to contamination following a small number of complaints of...
DDA Annual Conference Exhibitors Announced
Source: The DDA It is now less than 4 months until the DDA Annual Conference which takes place at the National Conference Centre (NCC), near the NEC, Birmingham on Wednesday...
Controlled Drugs Management!
Dispex can provide you with all your needs in Controlled Drugs Management! • Electronic Controlled Drug & Returns Register-FREE for members • Controlled Drug Registers- discount for members...
Core Competencies in the Dispensary
By Kirstye Todd- Dispex Consultant With the increasing complexity of modern medicines, regulatory frameworks, and patient expectations, it is essential that dispensary teams possess a set of core competencies to...
