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Community Pharmacy England has joined forces with the Taskforce for Lung Health to call for pharmacies to be given a bigger role in supporting lung health to improve respiratory health outcomes, enhance access to care, and ease winter pressures on the NHS. A new joint Action Plan to help prevent a future winter respiratory health [...]

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Community Pharmacy England met earlier this month in London, with Members reviewing the ongoing work to support implementation of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) settlement, alongside strategic work to bolster the sector’s position ahead of future negotiations. During the meeting on 1st May 2025, updates were provided on the work to implement different elements [...]

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The Government has laid amendments to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (HMR) in Parliament as the next step towards Hub and Spoke dispensing for community pharmacies. The Human Medicines (Amendments Relating to Hub and Spoke Dispensing etc.) Regulations 2025 Key points of the HMR amendments in brief are: Only Model 1: patient – spoke – [...]

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Community Pharmacy England met with health stakeholders last week (Thursday 24th April) to brief them on the impact of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework settlement for 2024/25 and 2025/26 on patients and the pharmacy sector. During the event, attendees heard more about the new funding and contractual arrangements, including how the changes will affect community pharmacies, [...]

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Further information and details about margin delivery have been released to help explain the arrangements in a clearer way. Funding arrangements for community pharmacies, particularly the processes around delivery of retained margin, are not straightforward and it can be difficult for pharmacy owners to predict the impact of any changes on their businesses. Since the [...]

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