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Pharmacy owners should soon receive confirmation from NHSBSA that the 2025/26 CPAF screening questionnaire will be available for completion from 1st July 2025. As a result of NHS regulations introduced at the end of 2020, completion of CPAF is now a requirement of the Terms of Service. Therefore, pharmacy owners must complete the screening questionnaire and, [...]

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Today, the new application route for rearranging core opening hours came into force. This follows on from the laying of the relevant regulations in Parliament on 2 June, see our announcement. The new application route The new application route – which is available in addition to the pre-existing route – has a single regulatory test. [...]

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Important regulatory changes to the community pharmacy sector – including those on distance selling premises (DSP) pharmacies and core opening hours – have been laid before Parliament today (2 June 2025) and will come into force in 21 days, on 23 June 2025. The amendment regulations make changes to the NHS (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical [...]

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We have updated our Contract changes: DSP regulatory FAQs news item with a new FAQ: Some DSP pharmacies have been planning to deliver the COVID-19 and Influenza vaccination services during late 2025 and early 2026 onsite, at the Distance Selling Premises. Will they be allowed to do so? Yes. The Department of Health and Social Care, [...]

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The GPhC has jointly issued an enforcement notice with the ASA and MHRA, which makes it clear that adverts for named prescription-only medicines (POMs) for weight management are prohibited. The GPhC will write to pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and ...