Yearly Archives: 2024

NHS England has written to Integrated Care Boards today, providing advice relevant to community pharmacies and general practices ahead of the early release of people from prisons later this month and in October. Read the NHS England letter This follows the Lord Chancellor taking action to avert a prison capacity crisis by introducing a process [...]

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An animation to tell MPs about the issues and potential of community pharmacy is now available to share. The short video, developed by Community Pharmacy England, has been designed as an introduction to the community pharmacy sector, communicating our key messages to MPs in a concise and engaging way. This resource aims to help educate [...]

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The ability of pharmacy owners to achieve the thresholds for the monthly Pharmacy First payment has been a topic of great concern for pharmacy owners and Community Pharmacy England. Following representations by Community Pharmacy England Ministers agreed to make an adjustment for August but there have been no further updates since then. This means that, as [...]

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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 (31/08/2024) announced the following final list of price concessions for August 2024: For the full list of price concessions granted for August 2024 please visit our price concession hub [...]

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Last week the Government made the the Medicines (Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Analogues) (Emergency Prohibition) (Extension) Order 2024, which has the effect of extending the ban, which was due to expire. The ban has been extended until 26 November 2024. The Secretary of State has expressed the intention to make the ban permanent, but can only do [...]

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