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Community pharmacy owners are being asked to share their experiences of patient abuse towards them and their teams, and other challenges, as the Community Pharmacy England Committee prepares for its first meeting of 2026. Pharmacy owners and their teams continue to work hard to support local communities despite mounting pressures, and this is made even [...]

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Pharmacy owners and their teams work hard to support local communities every day, but more than half of pharmacy staff reported that abuse from patients is a serious concern in the 2025 Pharmacy Pressures Survey. If you face any type of abuse from patients, please don’t feel like you have to tolerate it. The following [...]

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The Chancellor announced her Budget in Parliament today (26th November), setting out the Government’s spending plans for the coming financial year. In terms of healthcare, the Budget commits £300 million of investment in technology to improve patient service and 250 new neighbourhood health centres. The Chancellor went on to say that the Government would be “expanding more [...]

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The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pharmacy has published a new report, The Future of Community Pharmacy in England, recognising the essential and central role that community pharmacies must play in achieving the Government’s ambitions for health and productivity.  The report emphasises that community pharmacies are vital to boosting NHS performance, tackling health inequalities, and delivering more care [...]

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Community Pharmacy England met in London in September, with Members considering strategy and tactics ahead of upcoming CPCF negotiations, alongside other important matters.  The work that has been undertaken by Community Pharmacy England since the 2025/26 funding negotiations concluded has been of critical importance for the sector. Not only has there been a huge programme [...]

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