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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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Independent pharmacy owners are being invited to express interest in joining our committee. One additional place has been created for the category of pharmacy owners operating between one and nine pharmacy premises. The changes are part of ongoing work to adjust the composition and size of our committee, to better reflect the make-up of the [...]

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A new report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pharmacy calls for urgent reforms to medicines supply, after describing shortages as a “permanent and escalating feature” of the healthcare system. Published today, the report on an APPG inquiry into the issue concludes that shortages have become a constant and growing threat to NHS care [...]

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