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DHSC advises no-deal preparations should cease.

An export ban on colestyramine sachets and fluticasone propionate nasules came into effect on December 5.

Four more medicines have been added to the list of those that cannot be parallel exported from the UK.

The government reveals plans to “increase the range of professions able to prescribe low-risk medicines."

The DHSC has ordered 400,000 extra doses of the adult flu vaccine for the 2019-20 flu season, it was announced yesterday.

Pharmacists have been granted powers to dispense an “alternative strength or pharmaceutical form” of fluoxetine.

Several HRT suppliers are putting “demand management processes” in place in the wake of acute stock shortages.

The DHSC has said the data it collects on medicines prices has improved since new regulations came into force.

The Government has launched a consultation on community pharmacy reimbursement reforms.

The new contractual framework will considerably expand clinical services from pharmacies over the next five years.

Category M reimbursement prices will increase by £15 million a month from August, the DHSC has said.

Pharmacy minister Seema Kennedy said she is “alert” to the difficulties facing community pharmacy contractors.

Prescription charges are causing over half of asthma patients in England to cut back on their medications, Asthma UK has warned

Legislation has been laid before Parliament and is expected to be enforced in early February, it has been announced

The NHS across the UK is expected to save around £930m on its medicine bill under a new scheme

Pharmacists and GPs are to be assigned to care homes in a measure Theresa May says will be "better for patients"

The Government’s reclassification of cannabis-based products for medicinal use came into force on Thursday November 1, meaning specialist doctors may now prescribe them

With less than six months to go before the UK leaves the European Union, there are still major concerns around medicines supply in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the commons health committee heard last week

The new(ish) health secretary Matt Hancock has shown he has a sense of humour and at least some idea of how community pharmacists contribute to primary care

PSNC chief Simon Dukes acknowledged that many contractors would be “disappointed to hear that there is no more money available for pharmacies” and said accepting the offer had been a “difficult decision”