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Community Pharmacy England held a pharmacy event and spread the word more widely about the sector’s challenges and potential at this year’s Labour Party conference in Liverpool. This followed on from the Conservative Party conference which you can read about here and built on our ongoing work to ensure the Shadow Health Team are well [...]

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Community Pharmacy England attended the Conservative Party conference in Manchester this week. We were engaging with MPs and Ministers as well as representatives from health charities, patient groups, think tanks and journalists discussing key topics relating to our sector.  Community pharmacy was referenced many times throughout the conference, which is in no small part down [...]

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Numerous MPs briefed by Community Pharmacy England took the opportunity to champion the sector and raise important issues during a Westminster Hall Debate last Thursday. Both the Minister for Health and Social Care, Neil O’Brien MP, and newly appointed Shadow Minister for Primary Care and Public Health, Preet Kaur Gill MP spoke during the debate. [...]

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Peter Aldous MP has secured a Westminster Hall Debate on the Future of Community Pharmacies, on Thursday 14th September at 3pm. This is very timely as it will coincide with the launch of the Vision for community pharmacy on the 19th September, which is being developed by The King’s Fund and Nuffield Trust. This will [...]

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The Health and Social Care Committee’s Expert Panel, evaluating Government commitments made in the area of Pharmacy in England, has been published. Community Pharmacy England had previously submitted a full and detailed response which can be read here. In addition to this, we attended a roundtable to give oral evidence to the expert panel. The [...]

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