Yearly Archives: 2024

Following the launch of the autumn vaccination season on 3rd October 2024, pharmacy owners are reminded to encourage their pharmacy staff to book an appointment for their COVID-19 booster vaccinations. Eligible frontline health and care professionals may be offered a COVID-19 vaccination by their employer (e.g. pharmacies commissioned to provide COVID-19 vaccinations), can book through [...]

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Owners of 10 or more pharmacies are being invited to become observers to the Community Pharmacy England Committee, as an interim measure while the Committee begins work on permanent changes. Community Pharmacy England has written to all community pharmacy owners with 10 or more pharmacy premises in England (the non-CCA multiple category) to offer them [...]

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Following representations made by Community Pharmacy England on behalf of community pharmacy owners, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has redetermined the September 2024 concessionary price for Metformin 500mg modified-release tablets: Drug Pack size Price concession Metformin 500mg modified-release tablets 56 £3.26 (previously £2.00) The improved price will apply to prescriptions submitted for [...]

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The Prime Minister was asked at PMQs today what the Government is doing to improve access to General Practice. In his answer, Sir Keir Starmer said: “We are going to expand the role of community pharmacies and accelerate the roll-out of independent prescribing. We need much more care to be delivered in local communities to [...]

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Community pharmacy owners are invited to share data to inform an important fiscal review of the sector. Frontier Economics and IQVIA have been commissioned to carry out an economic analysis of community pharmacy on behalf of NHS England. This includes understanding the full economic costs of delivering NHS pharmaceutical services and how these costs vary, [...]

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