Yearly Archives: 2024

Community Pharmacy England met in London for a full Committee Meeting on 17th and 18th April 2024. Committee Members discussed critical matters such as the severity of pressures on the sector, the ongoing Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) negotiations, implementation of the Pharmacy First service, and governance matters. The Committee were also joined by LPC [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has prepared a new factsheet to help pharmacy owners maximise their income from dispensing. The factsheet includes top tips to help maximise income or reduce losses when: Dispensing Ordering Endorsing prescriptions Submitting claims/prescriptions for payment (including end-of-month MYS declaration) Reconciling payments against claims submitted The factsheet also links to a wealth of [...]

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Nuffield Trust’s latest report ‘The future for health after Brexit’ has found that that patients face a “new normal” of medicines shortages as the UK is hampered by supply issues and the impact of the EU exit. In response to this report released today, we have warned that medicine shortages and market instability are at [...]

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This is the first of a series of articles to help pharmacy owners and their teams to maximise the potential of the Hypertension Case-finding Service (HCFS). The re-launch of the service, including the ability to use the wider pharmacy team to provide parts of the service, allows pharmacy owners to review how they provide the [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has opened registration for a national event for pharmacy owners as part of our ongoing efforts to engage more meaningfully with everyone in the sector.   The pressures facing all pharmacy businesses are extreme, and the event will be a chance to hear about the work Community Pharmacy England is doing to find [...]

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