Monthly Archives: May 2024

Community Pharmacy England has published new guidance to help community pharmacy owners complete the latest Data Security and Protection Toolkit. The Toolkit is used to make a pharmacy’s information governance (IG) declaration and must be completed by Sunday 30th June 2024.   Community Pharmacy England has collaborated with the NHS DSPTK team to keep the workload [...]

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Before Parliament was dissolved, the government introduced regulations to restrict the prescribing and supply of puberty-suppressing hormones.  This follows the Cass Review into gender identity services. New restrictions on puberty blockers – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Today the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has cascaded NHS England information on the new regulations to pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy [...]

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Community Pharmacy England’s CEO sets out the organisation’s priorities for the General Election. Our CEO Janet Morrison said: “As the general elections approach, we urge all political parties to support pharmacies by introducing a long-term sustainable funding model and reviewing the medicines supply chain, including much needed short-term relief measures. Investing in the clinical future [...]

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Community pharmacies are being asked for your help to measure the unfunded care the public receives from you. We need pharmacy owners and your teams to take part in our Pharmacy Advice Audit between 3rd to 16th June 2024. The evidence gathered will be critical in supporting Community Pharmacy England’s ongoing case for more funding, particularly [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (31/05/2024) confirmed the following list of price concessions for May 2024. This announcement comes late in the month and follows the decision by DHSC, under the direction of Ministers, to impose changes to concessions pricing from April 2024 to try to manage purchase margins. DHSC has [...]

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