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Community Pharmacy England met for a full Committee meeting on 16th and 17th September, with discussions largely focused on the contractual reforms programme, preparations for the 2027/28 CPCF negotiations and the political outlook. Pharmacy owners continue to face significant financial and operational pressures, and Committee Members want their views and the realities of running community [...]

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Pharmacy owners are facing renewed pressure from medicines supply disruption and rising purchase prices, with 248 products granted a price concession for September 2026 and further requests still under consideration by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), meaning the previous record of 257 set in June could be surpassed. The total remains significant [...]

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The Public Health and Patient Safety Minister, Dame Diana Johnson DBE, has praised pharmacy’s “amazing work” and described herself as a “big fan” of the sector during a Community Pharmacy England-sponsored fringe event at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. The event, organised in partnership with the think tank Re:State, explored how Labour’s vision for [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has made changes to its constitution and rules to enable the formation of a rebalanced Committee from April 2027. In the latest step on a journey to better reflect the make-up of the sector, the constitutional adjustments implement the decision made in June 2026 to make a series of interim composition changes [...]

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Community Pharmacy England will be taking pharmacy owners’ priorities to key audiences throughout the upcoming political party conference season, continuing our work to influence national decision-makers. As the political parties gather for their annual conferences, our planned engagement programme will underline the potential of community pharmacy, highlighting that investment in the sector would lead to [...]

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