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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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Photo credit: parliamentlive.tv Community Pharmacy England Committee member, Fin McCaul, highlighted the vital and expanding role of community pharmacies in the national vaccination effort during a detailed evidence session of the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee on Tuesday 11th February. The session formed part of the Committee’s inquiry into the UK’s Vaccination Strategy [...]

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A new report from the House of Lords Public Services Committee calls for better data sharing and a more proactive Government approach to managing medicines shortages, describing medicines supply as “a national security issue”. Published today (4th February), the report on the Lords Committee’s inquiry into medicines security concludes that the UK is heavily dependent [...]

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