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Antidepressant drugs prescribed during pandemic up 5%, data shows

A report by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), published last week (December 10), found that 45.6 million antidepressant drugs were...

15/12/2020 6

The number of community pharmacies is now the lowest in five years

63% closure rise sees lowest number of English pharmacies since 2015

There were more than 400 community pharmacy closures England in 2019/20, a 63% increase compared to 2015/16, according to figures released by the NHS...

19/11/2020 16

Cost of diabetes medicines up 20% in five years, NHSBSA data shows

The rise to £1.2bn in 2019/20 was “driven by large increases in costs of antidiabetic drugs and insulin”, which resulted in “increased cost per...

06/11/2020 0

PSNC: Refund or return scripts with incomplete patient exemption declarations to contractors

PSNC urges review of script switching process during COVID-19

PSNC has asked the Department of Health and Social Care (DH) and NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) to “review their processes around the...

28/05/2020 2

A serious shortage protocol has been issued for haloperidol

Pharmacists granted power to supply different haloperidol formulation

This is the second product subject to a “serious shortage protocol” (SSP), which grants pharmacists the powers to dispense a suitable alternative to...

23/12/2019 2

The legal groundwork for a serious shortage protocol was set out in February

Pharmacists granted power to supply different fluoxetine strengths

This is the first time pharmacists can dispense an alternative to a medicine suffering a shortage, rather than the prescription and without...

03/10/2019 25

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NHS CFA: Pharmacy owner fraud is estimated to cost the NHS £108m annually

Revealed: Just 1 sanction against a contractor for fraud in 2 years

Last year, the Department of Health and Social Care (DH) said it would crack down on alleged pharmacy contractor fraud, which it claimed was “...

12/08/2019 4

The NHS BSA is looking for a digital company to analyse its pharmacy data over a two-year period

NHS to pay company £750k to crack down on alleged pharmacy fraud

In a procurement notice posted on the government’s digital marketplace last week (July 4), the NHS BSA calls for a “predictive analytics partner” to...

09/07/2019 7