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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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Formal tripartite negotiations on the arrangements for the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) in 2024/25 – the first year following the five-year CPCF deal – have now begun. The negotiations are taking place between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), supported by NHS England (NHSE). They are beginning ahead [...]

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Patients will continue to face problems accessing medicines unless Government both eases supply problems in the UK, and resolves the critical financial state of community pharmacies, Community Pharmacy England has warned. Janet Morrison, CEO, and Mike Dent, Director of Pharmacy Funding, both gave evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee on Monday 19th [...]

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