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Community Pharmacy England has reached agreement with Government and the NHS on the launch of a new national Pharmacy First service as well as other changes to pharmacy funding and services. Our Committee unanimously agreed to accept the deal which sets out how the £645 million investment pledged within the Delivery plan for recovering access [...]

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Pharmacy press The Government has issued a press release about its strategy to combat drug and alcohol misuse, announcing that £267 million has been allocated for local authorities in England to boost local drug and alcohol treatment. We were asked to comment on the likelihood that community pharmacy services would benefit from this funding. Our Director [...]

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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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