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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has entered consultation with Community Pharmacy England on the 2026/27 Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF). A letter signalling the start of the formal negotiations process was sent to Community Pharmacy England this week. Detailed discussions begin immediately and will cover funding, service changes and other arrangements for [...]

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Community Pharmacy England is taking steps to tackle inappropriate EPS pharmacy nomination practices and service direction, which contravene the principles of patient choice. Since concerns around certain IT functionality allowing automatic re-nomination (without patient consent) and the direction of services were first raised last year, our Regulatory and IT experts have been working to address [...]

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Pharmacy owners can now watch a recording of Community Pharmacy England’s recent online workshop to help with the completion of the Data Security and Protection Toolkit for 2026. Around 270 people registered for last week’s webinar, which aimed to support community pharmacy owners with making their toolkit submission. Feedback from the webinar indicates that over 80% [...]

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Community Pharmacy England met in London for a full Committee meeting on 4th and 5th February. Committee Members examined economic and other analysis to confirm key negotiating positions for the imminent 2026/27 contractual negotiations, looking at a wide range of topics including funding needs, services, infrastructure investment, and regulatory reform. The Department of Health and Social Care and [...]

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Thousands of pharmacies in England warn that they are being faced with ‘agonising decisions about what services to cut to their patients to keep their doors open’ when new costs hit in April. In a letter to the Health Secretary Wes Streeting, the National Pharmacy Association says some pharmacies in England are at risk of [...]

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