Topic: dhsc
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'Emergency ban’ on private prescribing of puberty blockers
4th June 2024
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Final April price concessions published by DHSC
2nd May 2024
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First April price concessions published
29th April 2024
![Regulator meets with DHSC to discuss prescription amendments](https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/images.thepharmacist.co.uk/wp-media-folder-the-pharmacist/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Regulator-meets-with-DHSC-to-discuss-prescription-amendments-500x350.jpg)
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Regulator meets with DHSC to discuss prescription amendments
19th April 2024
![‘Arbitrary barrier’: Sector slams latest prescription charge rise](https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/images.thepharmacist.co.uk/wp-media-folder-the-pharmacist/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/‘Arbitrary-barrier-Sector-slams-latest-prescription-charge-rise-500x350.jpg)
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‘Arbitrary barrier’: Sector slams latest prescription charge rise
5th April 2024
![‘Not clear’ when new contract negotiations will conclude](https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/images.thepharmacist.co.uk/wp-media-folder-the-pharmacist/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/‘Not-clear-when-new-contract-negotiations-will-conclude-2-500x350.jpg)
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‘Not clear’ when new contract negotiations will conclude
2nd April 2024
![DHSC has ‘not made a decision’ on pharmacists supplying alternatives, says health secretary](https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/images.thepharmacist.co.uk/wp-media-folder-the-pharmacist/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/DHSC-has-‘not-made-a-decision-on-pharmacists-supplying-alternatives-says-health-secretary-500x350.jpg)
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DHSC has ‘not made a decision’ on pharmacists supplying alternatives
26th March 2024
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Clinical
Notification issued for multiple GLP1-RA shortages
19th March 2024
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Lack of primary care investment ‘most significant policy failure’ of ‘past 30 years’
14th February 2024
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Cross-party MPs sound alarm over pharmacy pressures
4th January 2024
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Pharmacy contract reform could help integrate care, Lords report finds
18th December 2023
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DHSC ‘in talks’ over private sale of Covid vaccines
18th December 2023
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Clinical
Influenza antivirals made available to pharmacists at NHS expense
15th December 2023
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Central procurement of adult flu vaccines in England to be explored
14th December 2023
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Analysis
Who is new health secretary Victoria Atkins?
14th November 2023
![Pharmacy minister Neil O'Brien and health minister Will Quince quit amid government shake-up](https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/images.thepharmacist.co.uk/wp-media-folder-the-pharmacist/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Pharmacy-minister-quits-amid-government-shake-up-500x350.jpg)
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Pharmacy minister quits amid government shake-up
13th November 2023
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DHSC rejects claim it failed on promise to review community pharmacy funding
19th October 2023
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Views sought on plans to clamp down on youth vaping
12th October 2023
![CCA chief: NHS and DHSC must decide what they want – and how they are going to pay for it](https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/images.thepharmacist.co.uk/wp-media-folder-the-pharmacist/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CCA-chief-NHS-and-DHSC-must-decide-what-they-want-and-how-they-are-going-to-pay-for-it-500x350.jpg)
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CCA chief: NHS and DHSC must decide what they want – and how they will pay for it
6th July 2023
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Probe into UKHSA finds weak financial controls and 'alarming' lack of pandemic planning
5th July 2023
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Set out vision for prescribing in community, government urged
13th June 2023
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Discount deduction increase will ‘siphon money from pharmacies to tidy NHSE spreadsheets’
30th March 2023
![‘No satisfactory improvements’ to price concession reform despite DHSC commitment, says PSNC](https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/images.thepharmacist.co.uk/wp-media-folder-the-pharmacist/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/No-satisfactory-improvements-to-price-concession-reform-despite-DHSC-commitment-says-PSNC-500x350.jpg)
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‘No satisfactory improvements’ on price concession reform despite DHSC commitment, says PSNC
13th January 2023
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DHSC working ‘at pace’ to review price concessions system
25th November 2022
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Steve Barclay ‘looking at’ Pharmacy First in England
16th November 2022
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Neil O'Brien replaces Will Quince as pharmacy minister
2nd November 2022
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PSNC and DHSC begin discussing price concession reform
23rd September 2022
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PSNC CEO says that pharmacy may not be able to deliver health secretary’s ask
23rd September 2022
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