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Adult social care services

Adult social care services

PRN (pro re nata) medicines, also known as ‘when required’ medicines, are medicines with a ‘when required’ dose that can treat many different conditions (examples include nausea and vomiting, pain, indigestion, constipation, anxiety and insomnia).

Additional Pharmacy Regulatory Changes

Additional Pharmacy Regulatory Changes

Several regulatory changes are due to come into effect today (1st October 2025), having been included in the amendment regulations laid before Parliament last week (The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025).

ABPM bundling requirement to be delayed

ABPM bundling requirement to be delayed

DHSC, NHS England and Community Pharmacy England have agreed that the requirement to provide one Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) consultation per month as part of the ‘bundling’ requirements to achieve Pharmacy First fixed monthly payment will not go ahead from 1st October 2025 as originally planned.

Professional Indemnity Insurance

Professional Indemnity Insurance

Pharmacists need to check their Professional Indemnity Insurance to ensure that it covers them for the services they are providing, and to ensure that the level of cover is sufficient.

FDA Warning Letters

FDA Warning Letters

The MHRA has reviewed its current approach to contacting UK Licence Holders who may be implicated by USFDA Warning Letters

Emerging issues – Communique from the GPhC

Emerging issues – Communique from the GPhC

As part of maintaining professional vigilance and regulatory compliance across pharmacy services, PCL would like to draw attention to several critical issues recently highlighted by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

New MHRA/NICE Collaboration

New MHRA/NICE Collaboration

The UK is entering a new phase of innovation in how it regulates, assesses, and adopts new medicines—and it’s a development the global pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry cannot afford to overlook.