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PSNC’s 2023 Pharmacy Pressures Survey has confirmed the worsening situation for community pharmacies as rising costs and significantly increased workload is putting businesses at greater risk of collapse. The survey of over 6,200 pharmacy premises and 2,000 pharmacy team members shows a very worrying picture of the impact of the current pressures on pharmacies and [...]

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The recruitment of pharmacists in Primary Care Networks (PCNs) has exacerbated a general shortage of pharmacists, says an independent review of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) published today. The review, Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, set out to consider the oversight and governance of ICS in England and the NHS targets and priorities for which Integrated Care [...]

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PSNC is continuing to make progress on addressing the Review Steering Group (RSG) proposals and has today published some resources to update contractors and LPCs on this work. PSNC is taking forward the RSG proposals directed at the Committee through its Transforming Pharmacy Representation (TAPR) work programme. The resources published include an update on the Transforming Pharmacy [...]

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Voting has now closed in the ballot for the West Midlands Regional Representative on PSNC (soon to be known as Community Pharmacy England), and the Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) has nominated its representatives.   West Midlands Regional Representative Completed voting forms received by the close of voting (12 noon on Friday 31st March 2023) have [...]

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The Government’s new Prescription Prepayment Certificate (PPC) for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products comes into effect from tomorrow (1 April 2023). PSNC has been in discussion with the British Medical Association (BMA) about the impact of the new HRT PPC on working practices. Both we and the BMA are agreed on the importance of collaborative [...]

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