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A recorded presentation on what lies ahead for community pharmacy – including Community Pharmacy England’s strategy to improve the outlook for pharmacy owners and their teams – is now available to watch on-demand. Spring 2024 saw two key moments for community pharmacy: the end of the five-year CPCF and a General Election campaign. As critical [...]

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Community pharmacy owners are being asked to share information and views about increasing Pharmacy First thresholds, as well as the impact of GP action, ahead of the next full Community Pharmacy England Committee meeting in September. Many pharmacies may struggle to meet scheduled increases in the threshold for the monthly Pharmacy First payment and pharmacy [...]

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Community pharmacies are being forced to stop offering some NHS and public health services as financial and operational pressures on them intensify, polling by Community Pharmacy England has revealed. In our poll of pharmacy owners conducted ahead of the June Committee Meeting, 96% of respondents (weighted) said they had stopped delivering locally commissioned services over [...]

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Community pharmacies across England are being forced to stop providing critical NHS and public health services as financial and operational pressures on them intensify. Just days after GP practices have begun limiting appointments, it has been revealed that patients and service users are losing access to other essential healthcare services in their communities. In a [...]

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GPs have voted in favour of collective action and the BMA has said this will be put into immediate effect. Read more about GP contract 2024/25 changes and collective action We have issued the following media statements in response. National press Janet Morrison, Chief Executive of Community Pharmacy England, said: “If patients can’t access their [...]

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