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The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer (CPhO) for England have issued a letter to pharmacy professionals thanking them for providing vital health services and person-centred care at a time when pharmacies and pharmacy staff are working under significant pressure. GPhC Chief Executive Duncan Rudkin and CPhO David Webb indicate that they recognise the impact on pharmacy [...]

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Community pharmacy owners are being asked to share their views on preparations for Pharmacy First, ahead of the next full Community Pharmacy England Committee meeting at the end of January. This committee meeting comes at a pivotal moment as the new national Pharmacy First service is due to launch against a backdrop of consolidations and [...]

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Express Dame Priti Patel is among 20 MPs sounding the alarm over pharmacy closures amid “unprecedented pressures”. Around 1,400 pharmacies have closed their doors for good since October 2016, the group warned health minister Andrea Leadsom. The warning stems from a letter coordinated by Community Pharmacy England. Our Chief Executive Janet Morrison said: “Pharmacies are [...]

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Pharmacy owners and their teams can now watch an on-demand recording of Community Pharmacy England’s webinar giving an overview of the Pharmacy First service. Held earlier this week, over 500 people tuned in to watch our ‘Pharmacy First: Getting to know the service’ webinar. The first in our series of webinars* aimed at assisting the [...]

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The Chief Pharmaceutical Officer (CPhO) for England, David Webb, has written to the community pharmacy sector about the Pharmacy First service in an end of year letter. Whilst thanking pharmacy colleagues for making a “valuable contribution” to the NHS this year, the CPhO notes that the agreement of the national Pharmacy First service marks a [...]

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