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Class 4 MHRA Drug Alert – Ativan 4mg/1ml Solution for injection (Lorazepam) (Pfizer Limited) Caution in use

Drug Alert No: EL (19) A/10 Date Issued: 24th April 2019 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 drug alert for certain batches of Ativan 4mg/1ml Solution for Injection (Lorazepam) (Pfizer Limited) Ativan 4mg/1ml Solution for Injection (Lorazepam) (Pfizer Limited) PL 00057/1279 Batch Number Expiry Date Pack Size First...

11 hours ago

April 2019 Price Concessions – 2nd update

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today granted the following list of price concessions: Drug Pack size Price Concession Betahistine 8mg tablets 84 £1.38 Betahistine 16mg tablets 84 £2.70 Candesartan 16mg tablets 28 £2.90 Carvedilol 12.5mg tablets 28 £2.10 Celecoxib 200mg capsules 30 £13.76 Diamorphine 10mg powder for solution for injection ampoules 5...

6 days ago

MHRA Drug Safety Update April 2019

Date issued: 16th April 2019 A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 12 Issue 9 March 2019:1) has been published and includes articles on: Yellow fever vaccine (Stamaril) and fatal adverse reactions: extreme caution needed in people who may be immunosuppressed and those 60 years and older. Valproate medicines...

8 days ago

Age Friendly Leeds

Age Friendly Leeds is an initiative working to enable people of all ages to participate in community life by making it easier for older people to stay connected, healthy and included. In practical terms, an age friendly city adapts its structures and services to be accessible to and inclusive of older people with varying needs and capacities.

Guided by older people in Leeds and in partnership with Leeds City Council, Leeds Older People's Forum has written an Age Friendly Charter for the city. Organisations and businesses, including community pharmacies, can sign up to the charter to help us make Leeds an Age Friendly city. If your community pharmacy would like to sign up, there is information here about how to do so, you will then be added to the list of committed organisations and be sent a printed copy of the charter to display. The Come In and Rest scheme is one practical way in which organisations can become more age friendly - participating businesses and organisations put a sticker in their window to let people know they're a welcoming place where older people can take a seat when they need to, without the obligation to make a purchase. More information about the scheme and how to sign up can be found here.

Last Updated: 2nd April 2019