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Two-fifths of adults have asked for a GP appointment for a minor health issue and 8% went to an A&E department, according to new research which indicates that education is the key to increasing self-care. PAGB, the consumer healthcare association, has today released a new report exploring the challenges and benefits of patients taking a more [...]

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Community Pharmacy England, working with the other national pharmacy organisations, will be holding a Parliamentary event in a few weeks time to reiterate to MPs the enormous pressures that community pharmacies are under and the crippling effect that this is having on businesses of all shapes and sizes. We hope to have MPs from across [...]

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Pharmacy press Minister for Women Maria Caufield said in Parliament that, as of the end of September, “well over 400,000 women in England had purchased a HRT prescription prepayment certificate”. Given that Community Pharmacy England has previously raised concerns about HRT PPCs, we were asked to comment on the situation. Our Drug Tariff and Reimbursement [...]

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Pharmacy press The Government issued a press release about its drive to phase out smoking, announcing that £70 million a year has been allocated for local authorities in England to support stop smoking services. We were asked to comment on the likelihood that community pharmacy smoking cessation services would be funded by this. Our Director [...]

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The negotiations around the £645 million investment pledged to community pharmacies as part of the Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care have been going on since the announcement of the plan in May. We know that pharmacy owners want to know about progress and it is critical that this money starts flowing to [...]

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