Contractor Email Archive - Community Pharmacy NI

Dear Colleague

The second update of concessionary prices were granted today for April 2025:

Drug	Pack Size	Concessionary Price
Alfuzosin 2.5mg tablets	60	£4.30
Amiodarone 200mg tablets	28	£1.99
Buprenorphine 8mg sublingual tablets sugar free	7	£9.25
Carbimazole 20mg tablets	100	£2.65
Carbimazole 5mg tablets	100	£4.63
Codeine 15mg/5ml linctus	200	£15.68
Codeine 15mg/5ml linctus sugar free	200	£12.58
Cyclizine 50mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules	5	£4.07
Desogestrel 75microgram tablets	84	£2.40
Erythromycin 250mg gastro-resistant tablets	28	£5.49
Esomeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules	28	£1.81
Exemestane 25mg tablets	30	£17.57
Gabapentin 600mg tablets	100	£25.13
Isosorbide mononitrate 10mg tablets	56	£2.54
Lactulose 3.1-3.7g/5ml oral solution	500	£5.43
Latanoprost 50micrograms/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye drops	2.5	£4.09
Latanoprost 50micrograms/ml eye drops	2.5	£1.82
Lercanidipine 10mg tablets	28	£2.61
Lercanidipine 20mg tablets	28	£3.52
Letrozole 2.5mg tablets	28	£4.42
Memantine 10mg tablets	28	£2.19
Memantine 10mg/ml oral solution sugar free	50	£16.24
Memantine 20mg tablets	28	£3.06
Methocarbamol 750mg tablets	100	£7.54
Methylphenidate 10mg tablets	30	£3.80
Methylphenidate 5mg tablets	30	£7.36
Metronidazole 200mg tablets	21	£1.31
Metronidazole 400mg tablets	21	£2.02
Morphine sulfate 10mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules	10	£4.37
Oxybutynin 2.5mg tablets	56	£1.12 (previously £1.11)
Oxycodone 5mg/5ml oral solution sugar free	250	£9.22
Paracetamol 500mg effervescent tablets	100	£6.56
Pregabalin 20mg/ml oral solution sugar free	473	£40.06
Prochlorperazine 3mg buccal tablets	50	£19.00
Tadalafil 10mg tablets	4	£0.93
Tadalafil 5mg tablets	28	£4.96
Telmisartan 40mg tablets	28	£5.09
Trihexyphenidyl 2mg tablets	84	£14.85
Trimethoprim 100mg tablets	28	£1.06
Trospium chloride 20mg tablets	60	£16.15
Vardenafil 20mg tablets	4	£19.69
Venlafaxine 225mg modified-release capsules	28	£28.54
Water for injections 10ml ampoules	10	£2.79

Concessionary prices will be paid against the usual code, no additional endorsements are needed.

Please continue to notify CPNI of any pricing issues you are experiencing via our Medicine Pricing/Supply Reporter.

Concessionary prices are also published on the CPNI website.

Kind regards

**SENT ON BEHALF OF**
**GERARD GREENE**
**Chief Executive**

** FAO LIVING WELL PHARMACIES ONLY **

Dear Contractor

Correspondence has been issued by SPPG on 28 April 2025 advising that the Living Well ‘Look after your mental health’ survey will now remain open until 6pm Wednesday 30th April 2025.

Contractors who have yet to complete this survey are asked to do so before the deadline.

To access the survey, please click here.

For any further information, please contact CPNI offices.

Kind regards

This update contains important information for community pharmacy teams.

CPNI ALERTS

First Concessionary Prices – April 2025 23 April 2025

DOH(NI) ALERTS

BSO ALERTS

Weekly Drug Alerts are available here.
- MPS 3366 MMS 2243 – Medicines Defect Information – Brilique 90mg Tablets 24 April 2025
Weekly Shortages Information is available here.
Serious Shortage Protocols are available here.

Pharmacy team(s) can keep updated via CPNI’s Contractor Calendar and Contractor Emails.

Or report medicine shortages, pricing and staffing issues via CPNI’s Medicine Pricing/Supply Reporter and Situation Reporter.

Please bring this to the attention of your pharmacy team(s).

Kind regards

Dear Colleague

The first update of concessionary prices were granted yesterday for April 2025:

Drug	Pack Size	Concessionary Price
Alendronic acid 70mg tablets	4	£1.15
Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment	4	£3.08
Clarithromycin 125mg/5ml oral suspension	70	£6.30
Duloxetine 30mg gastro-resistant capsules	28	£1.99
Duloxetine 60mg gastro-resistant capsules	28	£2.62
Fenofibrate micronised 160mg tablets	28	£3.60
Fusidic acid 1% modified-release eye drops	5	£35.00 (previously £21.00)
Isosorbide mononitrate 20mg tablets	56	£3.85
Isosorbide mononitrate 40mg tablets	56	£3.67
Lofepramine 70mg tablets	56	£25.60
Mometasone 0.1% cream	30	£3.63
Mometasone 0.1% ointment	30	£3.42
Mycophenolate mofetil 500mg tablets	50	£6.50
Naftidrofuryl 100mg capsules	84	£11.74
Nefopam 30mg tablets	90	£4.09
Ondansetron 4mg orodispersible tablets	10	£16.00
Oxybutynin 5mg tablets	56	£2.90
Prucalopride 2mg tablets	28	£10.39
Rizatriptan 10mg orodispersible tablets sugar free	3	£8.18
Sitagliptin 100mg tablets	28	£1.67
Sitagliptin 25mg tablets	28	£1.14
Sitagliptin 50mg tablets	28	£1.18
Tacrolimus 0.1% ointment	30	£25.92
Tacrolimus 0.1% ointment	60	£47.28
Trimethoprim 50mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free	100	£5.99

Concessionary prices will be paid against the usual code, no additional endorsements are needed.

Please continue to notify CPNI of any pricing issues you are experiencing via our Medicine Pricing/Supply Reporter.

Concessionary prices are also published on the CPNI website.

Kind regards

This update contains important information for community pharmacy teams.

CPNI ALERTS

Community Pharmacy Funding and Contractor Meeting Dates 18 April 2025
Foundation Training Year 2026/2027 – Information Regarding the Opt-in Process 17 April 2025
SPPG Correspondence Regarding the Pharmacy First EHC Service 16 April 2025
EXTENSION – CPNI Experiential Learning Survey 16 April 2025
REMINDER – Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework Declaration 16 April 2025
LIVING WELL PHARMACIES ONLY: SURVEY REMINDER 15 April 2025
REMINDER – CPNI Experiential Learning Survey 14 April 2025

DOH(NI) ALERTS

BSO ALERTS

Weekly Drug Alerts are available here.
- MPS 3364 MMS 2241 – Medicines Recall – Lercanidipine 20mg Tablets 17 April 2025
Weekly Shortages Information is available here.
- Fentanyl (Durogesic® DTrans®)12micrograms/hour, 25micrograms/hour, 50micrograms/hour, 75micrograms/hour and 100micrograms/hour Patches 16 April 2025
Serious Shortage Protocols are available here.

MHRA UPDATE

Medicines that you Cannot Export from the UK or Hoard 15 April 2025

Pharmacy team(s) can keep updated via CPNI’s Contractor Calendar and Contractor Emails.

Or report medicine shortages, pricing and staffing issues via CPNI’s Medicine Pricing/Supply Reporter and Situation Reporter.

Please bring this to the attention of your pharmacy team(s).

Kind regards

Dear Contractor,

CPNI continues to press the Department of Health and SPPG for additional funding, including mitigation and support for the NIC and NMW/NLW cost increases applicable from April 2025.

Although CPNI has recently been advised by the Health Minister Mr Mike Nesbitt MLA that ‘community pharmacy funding pressures are being considered alongside the other priorities of the Department of Health’, the funding position as outlined in the letter that contractors received from SPPG dated 14^th March 2025 here remains the current position.

With the impact of the first month of the NIC and NMW/NLW cost increases now being felt by the sector, CPNI will be holding two contractor meetings on 14^th May (Belfast) and 15^th May (Cookstown) to provide a further update to contractors following the May meeting of the CPNI Board. Further details regarding the contractor meetings will be shared in due course.

Should there be any funding updates in the meantime, CPNI will of course update you accordingly.

Please do not hesitate to contact the CPNI office or the CPNI Director representative for your area if you require any additional information at any stage.

Kind regards,