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The Chancellor announced her Autumn Budget today (30th October), setting out the Government’s overarching spending plans for the next 18 months. The Budget promised an additional £22.6 billion for day-to-day healthcare spending, but the Chancellor made no specific pledges about supporting primary care or the community pharmacy sector. The Chancellor announced a number of changes [...]

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More than 1.3 million unfunded consultations a week – or just over 69 million a year – are now being carried out by community pharmacy teams in England, according to Community Pharmacy England’s 2024 Pharmacy Advice Audit. This is nearly 50% more consultations than in 2020, and is despite the introduction of the Pharmacy First [...]

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Minister Stephen Kinnock recently responded to a Parliamentary Question regarding pharmacy reimbursement. In his response, he stated that pharmacies were allowed to retain £850m medicine margin in the year 2023/24. The pharmacy funding settlement for 2022/23 and 2023/24 included an uplift to the Drug Tariff, as £100m in excess margin earned by the sector in [...]

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The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has this week launched a national conversation on the NHS, seeking input and ideas to shape the future of a reformed health service. Patients, members of the public and anyone working in the NHS have been invited to submit their views and ideas via the change.nhs.uk portal. [...]

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Community pharmacy owners are being asked to share their views and concerns as we head into winter, as well as any further feedback they have, before the next full Community Pharmacy England Committee meeting in November. This winter will be a critical time for the sector as community pharmacy owners desperately need answers about their [...]

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