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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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The Health Secretary Wes Streeting MP appeared before the Health and Social Care Select Committee in Parliament yesterday (December 18th) to answer questions related to his brief.   In response to questions – including from All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy Member Gregory Stafford MP – the Secretary of State said he wanted to: “reassure pharmacies across [...]

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