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NHS England will be relaunching their Pharmacy First public-facing campaign on Monday 11th October 2024. Minor revisions have been made to the original campaign materials used earlier this year, including additional information on the age criteria for the clinical pathways. Ahead of the official launch, the campaign materials are available on the Department of Health [...]

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Community Pharmacy England will be hosting a webinar on the introduction of Original Pack Dispensing (OPD) on Monday 25th November at 7.30pm. In September amendments were made to the pharmacy regulations to introduce OPD +/- 10% dispensing for NHS prescriptions. From 1st January 2025, these amendments state that the supervising pharmacist must consider dispensing up to [...]

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Community Pharmacy England will be hosting two webinars to discuss the Government’s NHS 10-year plan and to help pharmacy owners or others who want to feed into it. Last month the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care launched a national conversation on the NHS, seeking input and ideas to shape the future of [...]

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The British Medical Association (BMA) has stated it is in discussions with the Government about whether GP practices will receive funding to cover salary uplifts outlined in this week’s Budget. We understand that those in the community pharmacy sector are also worried about the impact of the Budget on their pharmacy businesses, and have issued [...]

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The Chancellor announced her Autumn Budget today (30th October), setting out the Government’s overarching spending plans for the next 18 months. The Budget promised an additional £22.6 billion for day-to-day healthcare spending, but the Chancellor made no specific pledges about supporting primary care or the community pharmacy sector. The Chancellor announced a number of changes [...]

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