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The Government and NHS have today promised a £645m investment in community pharmacies over the next two years to support a pharmacy common conditions service, along with the NHS Pharmacy Contraception and NHS Hypertension Case-Finding services. This is the most significant investment in community pharmacy in well over a decade and it follows many months [...]

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Gordon Hockey, Director of Legal, will be hosting a PSNC webinar about upcoming changes to the Pharmaceutical Regulations on Tuesday 16th May at 7pm. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England has introduced a package of regulatory changes in response to the current pressures on community pharmacy, and calls from PSNC [...]

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From this month, healthcare services carried out by pharmacy staff under the supervision of pharmacists have become exempt from VAT. This is something that PSNC has been seeking Government agreement on for a long time, including in recent CPCF negotiations. HM Revenue and Customs has issued a note detailing the change to the VAT treatment [...]

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The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has now nominated its representatives to sit on PSNC (soon to be Community Pharmacy England) for the 2023-2027 term. The following people will represent independent pharmacy owners: Representative name Ian Cubbin Olivier Picard This concludes the appointment and election  of committee members. Their role is to govern the work of [...]

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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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