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The Times, The Independent, Evening Standard, Daily Mail, The Telegraph In response to the Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund’s publication of ‘A Vision for Community Pharmacy’ (a report we commissioned), we shared the following statement with national media. Chief Executive Janet Morrison said: “Community pharmacies are critical to the health of the nation but [...]

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Community Pharmacy England recently organised a Medicines Supply and Concessions Briefing Webinar on 5th September 2023, addressing the critical issues surrounding the price concessions system, medicine supply, and pricing challenges faced by pharmacy businesses. The webinar provided a platform for pharmacy owners to express their concerns to Committee Members and the Funding and Reimbursement Team. With [...]

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Daily Mail  In response to the increasing number of drug supply and pricing issues – including most recently, the challenges surrounding atorvastatin, we shared the following comment with the Daily Mail. Suraj Shah, Drug Tariff and Reimbursement Manager at Community Pharmacy England said:  “The growing number of drug supply and pricing issues tells us that [...]

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Daily Mail  In response to the BA.2.86 variant and UKHSA guidance, DHSC have brought the start of the Autumn Covid-19 and flu vaccinations programme forward to 11th September 2023, to expedite vaccinations for eligible individuals. The Daily Mail explored how this change in plans will impact pharmacy teams and their delivery of Covid-19 and flu [...]

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Chemist+Druggist have today published a second article in which the Chief Executive of the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies (AIM) makes a series of comments about Community Pharmacy England and other national pharmacy organisations. We are publishing our response to the commentary here and Community Pharmacy England’s Chair is writing to AIM’s Chair to seek [...]

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