Yearly Archives: 2025

Following on from much Parliamentary activity before Christmas, such as the debate on pharmacy funding in the South West and the Health secretary’s appearance before the Health Committee, MPs are continuing to highlight the serious challenges pharmacies face and to call for support for the sector. Debate on NHS backlogs On Monday, in a debate [...]

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This is the sixth of a series of articles to tackle some of the misconceptions around Pharmacy First. The articles will cover a variety of aspects of Pharmacy First and aims to myth bust, to increase understanding of the service. I can rely on my Pharmacy First IT system to highlight if the patient is [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has recently published a briefing outlining several important regulatory changes currently underway to help make dispensing more efficient and support capacity for the provision of clinical services. This Briefing provides guidance for pharmacy owners and their teams on the new pharmacy regulations: Original Pack Dispensing +\- 10% – now applicable to NHS [...]

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This is the fifth of a series of articles to tackle some of the misconceptions around Pharmacy First. The articles will cover a variety of aspects of Pharmacy First and aims to myth bust, to increase understanding of the service. I can accept a Pharmacy First Minor illness electronic referral for a blood pressure check. [...]

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Fully funded places are still available on the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) community pharmacy technician: advancing your role learning programme. The programme, which has been developed in collaboration with the Pharmacy Integration Programme at NHS England, is designed to help community pharmacy technicians develop the skills and confidence to support effective service delivery [...]

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