awilsonpsnc

Last night, ITV1 aired a documentary delving into the challenges faced by the community pharmacy sector and the effects on patients. In the lead-up to this programme airing, we and many others in the sector collaborated with the ITV Tonight team over several weeks to shed light on the profound crisis impacting English pharmacies. The [...]

The post Our response to the ITV1 documentary, ‘Tonight: ‘Pharmacies: The New NHS Frontline?’ appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Pharmacy press LloydsPharmacy, once holding the position of the country’s second-largest community pharmacy chain has confirmed its departure from the high street. The chain confirms that all their pharmacies are now sold and four stores have closed. We have issued the following statement in response to this. Our Chief Executive Janet Morrison said: “The decision by [...]

The post LloydsPharmacy confirms exit from community pharmacy market appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Pharmacy Press We at Community Pharmacy England extend our best wishes to colleagues across the sector celebrating Diwali this year. We shared the below statement with the pharmacy press. Our Chief Executive Janet Morrison said: “Happy Diwali to all community pharmacy colleagues marking this special festival. As you get together with loved ones to celebrate [...]

The post Diwali message from our CEO appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England remains fully focused on improving outcomes for all community pharmacy businesses and throughout this autumn we have once again been influencing a range of important stakeholders on pharmacy’s behalf. We have been briefing influential MPs, Ministers, health charities, patient groups, think tanks, and national press journalists to highlight the critical pressures on [...]

The post Autumn 2023: How we’ve been representing and talking to you appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

GP Online We shared the following statement with GP Online calling for community pharmacists to have greater powers and flexibility to alter medications without the need for Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) when there are problems with medicines supply. Such change would improve patient access and safety, cost effectiveness and help ease the pressure on GPs [...]

The post Community pharmacists should have greater prescription powers to ease pressures appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.