Tuesday 6th August 2024

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PCS Weekly Update Issue 230 06082024

PERT_Shortage_Stock_Management_Update_August2024V2

UK-CRE-2024-00013_Creon Pharmacy Communication

Patient_Safety_Epima Final_Jul24

Appendix 2 PHS Alert 2024-21 – Summer Travel – changing epidemiology and risks of vector-borne disease in Europe – 20240731

Assessment for Exception to Dispense Valproate in Original Packs (Community Pharmacies)

Original Full Pack Dispensing Valproate – Community Pharmacies_ Examplar Risk Assessment

Smoking and Vaping Pathways for CPs

PGD CPUS

This Update Includes:

  • Shortage of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy (PERT): Patient and Stock Management Update
  • Supply Constraint of Creon (Pancreatin)
  • Patient Safety: Removal of Epimax Products from the Grampian Area Formulary
  • MHRA Guidance – Dispensing Valproate Products
  • NHS Pharmacy First Scotland Approved List Update
  • PGD for the Urgent Provision of Medicines, Appliances and ACBS Products by Pharmacists
  • Health Protection Alert: Summer Travel – Changing Epidemiology and Risks of Vector-Borne Disease in Europe
  • Mandatory CPS Health Promotion Campaign
  • Tobacco Smoking and Vaping Referrals
  • Smoking Data for Jan-March 2024 (Q4)
  • NES Pharmacy Update – August 2024