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Community Pharmacy England’s third annual Pressures Survey is underway, and many pharmacy owners and teams have been responding. Thank you to everyone who has already responded to the survey during this busy time; we very much appreciate your support. However, we’re keen to hear from even more voices across the sector. Every contribution is important [...]

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Community Pharmacy England and other national pharmacy bodies briefed 25 Parliamentarians and their teams about the newly introduced Pharmacy First service at a drop-in event in the Houses of Parliament yesterday (12th March). The event, which we hosted alongside the other national pharmacy bodies, allowed us to showcase the value of Pharmacy First, but also [...]

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New arrangements for the setting of Drug Tariff Category A reimbursement prices will be introduced by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) from April 2024. The changes form part of a series of drug reimbursement reforms proposed by DHSC following a public consultation in 2019. DHSC’s decision, determined by Ministers, is primarily focussed [...]

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Community Pharmacy England, the Company Chemists’ Association, the National Pharmacy Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society have today (5th March) published a joint Manifesto for community pharmacy, ahead of the General Election expected this year. The manifesto can be used by anyone in the community pharmacy sector, including LPCs and all pharmacy owners, to engage [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today announced that it will impose a Flat Fee cut on pharmacy owners for March 2024. The Flat Fee – which has been paid to pharmacies dispensing more than 101 items per month since April 2023 following the end of transitional payment arrangements under the five-year [...]

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