Yearly Archives: 2025

The Independent  As the NHS Pharmacy First service marked its first anniversary very recently – Friday 31st January – pharmacy leaders are highlighting both its significant success in providing vital healthcare to patients, and the growing public interest in expanding pharmacy services. 78% of the public in England support expanding pharmacy roles to treat additional [...]

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Community Pharmacy England met last week in London, with much of the meeting devoted to the 2024/25 and 2025/26 negotiations. During the meeting on 5th and 6th February 2025, the Committee spent a significant amount of time analysing and discussing the initial offer put to us and providing a mandate for the Negotiating Team on [...]

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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 (14/02/2025) announced the following initial list of price concessions for February 2025: Drug  Pack size Price concession Acamprosate 333mg gastro-resistant tablets 168 £21.65 Alendronic acid 70mg tablets* 4 [...]

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A disallowed item is one that has NOT been passed for payment by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA). Community Pharmacy England is encouraging pharmacy owners to check their disallowed items history on the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal to identify any unpaid items and check the reasons why these were disallowed by the NHSBSA. If an item is [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care, the UK Health Security Agency and NHS England have jointly published the national flu vaccination programme letter today (13th February 2025) for the 2025/26 season. Eligible cohorts There are no changes to the eligible cohorts for the 2025/26 season. Timing From 1st September 2025 and in line with [...]

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