Yearly Archives: 2023

/2023

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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Explained: Medicines Supply and Price Concessions Process

Community Pharmacy England has released a set of resources on the price concessions system to further explain how this works and highlight some of our work in this area. The many challenges surrounding medicines supply and pricing have intensified, putting considerable pressure on community pharmacy owners and their teams. The disruption often causes problems in [...]

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October 2023 Price Concessions 1st 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 (16/10/2023) announced the following initial list of price concessions for October 2023: Drug Pack Size Price concession Amisulpride 100mg tablets 60 £18.00 Atorvastatin 10mg tablets 28 £1.30 Atorvastatin [...]

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Reaffirming Labour’s pharmacy position at Conference

Community Pharmacy England held a pharmacy event and spread the word more widely about the sector’s challenges and potential at this year’s Labour Party conference in Liverpool. This followed on from the Conservative Party conference which you can read about here and built on our ongoing work to ensure the Shadow Health Team are well [...]

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