Monthly Archives: October 2023

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Celebrating Black History Month 2023

Pharmacy press This month marks Black History Month, a time to celebrate the contributions of people with African and Caribbean backgrounds to British society and learn more about Black history and culture as a whole. We at Community Pharmacy England, along with many of our colleagues across the sector and beyond, are observing this throughout [...]

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Community pharmacy campaign highly commended at public affairs awards

At the PRWeek 2023 awards, the public affairs agency Luther Pendragon were highly commended in the public affairs campaign category for the influencing work that they undertook with Community Pharmacy England last year. Following a competitive tender process last autumn, Luther were appointed to support Community Pharmacy England’s influencing strategy as we work to get [...]

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Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) Full Questionnaire

All community pharmacies in England were asked to complete 10 screening questions as part of the NHS England Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF), and some contractors will be asked to complete the full CPAF questionnaire. Pharmacies may be selected for the full CPAF questionnaire if, for example, they did not complete the screening questions or [...]

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Pharmacy Show and LPC Conference hear funding latest

Community Pharmacy England CEO Janet Morrison gave an update at this week’s Pharmacy Show while other members of the team engaged with visitors to our exhibition stand. Thank you to all community pharmacy owners and others who took this opportunity to engage with us, sharing views and asking questions. In a Q&A session on the [...]

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October 2023 Price Concessions 2nd Update

Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (19/10/2023) announced the following list of price concessions for October 2023: Drug Pack Size Price Concession Aciclovir 800mg tablets 35 £3.60 Atorvastatin 80mg tablets 28 £5.22 Benzoyl peroxide 5% / Clindamycin [...]

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