Monthly Archives: July 2023

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Changes to NHSBSA emails

Email addresses for the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) are changing. For pharmacy teams this means that some of the email addresses previously used to contact NHS Prescription Services will no longer work. There will be a small transition period where emails sent to the old address will be automatically forwarded. This ends on Tuesday [...]

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Community Pharmacy England demystifies the negotiating process

Community Pharmacy England has published commentary and infographics to help pharmacy owners (our members) better understand the negotiating process. Our work to negotiate fair funding, as well as changes to NHS pharmacy services, with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England is a crucial part of our role. Understandably the sector [...]

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Parliamentary committee requests government adopt health IT changes

The Health and Social Care Select Committee has published its report on ‘Digital transformation in the NHS’. Community Pharmacy England previously submitted a response to this inquiry on behalf of the Community Pharmacy IT Group. Many of the suggestions within our consultation response are incorporated into the final report. The committee acknowledges that the Covid-19 [...]

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Complaints policy update reminder

Members must make information available to the public as to its arrangements for dealing with complaints; and how further information about those arrangements may be obtained. From 1 July 2023 the way members of the public make a complaint about primary care services to the commissioner is changing. Rather than contacting NHS England, complaints will [...]

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NHS 75th Birthday

As the NHS marks its 75th birthday, we at Community Pharmacy England want to use this opportunity to highlight and celebrate all of the highly skilled individuals that make community pharmacy such an exceptional and vital part of our society. Community pharmacy is an innovative sector having a huge positive impact on the health and [...]

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