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The Government has today responded to the Health Select Committee’s report into the state of community pharmacy, addressing each of the report’s recommendations to support the sector. In its response, the Government has reaffirmed its ambition to expand the role of pharmacies and to improve workforce planning, but it has not set out answers to [...]

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The Managing Director of Jardines (UK) Ltd and Superintendent Pharmacist of Pearl Chemist Group have been selected as non-CCA multiple observers to the Community Pharmacy England Committee. The establishment of two contributing observer places is an interim measure to ensure pharmacy owners with 10 or more pharmacies are well represented, while the Committee considers more [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has urged Ministers to provide immediate funding relief to community pharmacies and warning that without this, pharmacy closures will continue, with the potential for a house of cards collapse of the sector. Writing to Ministers, Chief Executive Janet Morrison warned that without remedial action soon, there will not be a community pharmacy [...]

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Community Pharmacy England CEO Janet Morrison has given a video update on the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) negotiations, addressing the prolonged pause that means the sector is still without an agreement for 2024/25. In her video message, Janet addresses the continued delay in recommencing negotiations, describing the “severe frustration and intense anger” that the [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has made a submission to the Government’s development of a 10-year Health Plan for the NHS, highlighting the benefits of increased commissioning of pharmacy services in tandem with addressing the sector’s current funding gap. In October, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care launched a national conversation on the NHS, seeking [...]

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