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Community Pharmacy England’s political influencing work with our public affairs partner, Luther Pendragon, has been recognised in the Public Affairs Awards 2026. Together, Luther Pendragon and Community Pharmacy England have been selected as finalists in the category of Best In-House Consultancy Collaboration for our joint campaign to press for increased funding for community pharmacies. The recognition reflects the impact of our work together to help secure further investment for [...]

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Community Pharmacy England CEO Janet Morrison and Steve Race MP, Chair of the APPG for Pharmacy, hosted a Parliamentary event this week (Monday 7th April) on the pharmacy funding settlement for 2024/25 and 2025/26. Community Pharmacy England representatives met with 25 cross-party MPs and Parliamentary Staff Members at the Houses of Parliament, with some dialing [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has today hosted representatives of 35 Local Pharmaceutical Committees (LPCs) for in-person negotiation training with the independent consultancy, PA consulting.   PA Consulting has extensive experience working across Government and advising on policy making and investment strategy. During 2024/25 they ran a series of negotiation training sessions for Community Pharmacy England committee members [...]

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The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pharmacy has announced the launch of an inquiry into the impact of medicines shortages in England, the contributing factors and potential solutions. As part of this inquiry, the APPG has issued a call for written evidence from key stakeholders across the healthcare sector. This inquiry comes in response to [...]

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Following on from much Parliamentary activity before Christmas, such as the debate on pharmacy funding in the South West and the Health secretary’s appearance before the Health Committee, MPs are continuing to highlight the serious challenges pharmacies face and to call for support for the sector. Debate on NHS backlogs On Monday, in a debate [...]

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