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Following discussions with Community Pharmacy England, the service specification for the 2025/26 Community Pharmacy Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Advanced Service has been published today by NHS England. Changes to the service requirements Only a small number of amendments have been made to the service specification compared to last year. The key changes are: Removal of references to [...]

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Pharmacy owners providing the Pharmacy Contraception Service are reminded that the Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) advises that individuals use contraception whilst using Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists, with additional advice for those using tirzepatide. The statement from the FSRH can be found at: FSRH statement: Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists and oral contraception (Feb [...]

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COVID-19 vaccinations NHS England has confirmed via a system letter, the patient cohorts that will be eligible for vaccination in the Autumn 2025 COVID-19 vaccination programme. This follows the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) being accepted by the Government. The announced cohorts for the autumn 2025 programme will cover: Adults [...]

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NHS England has announced that the community pharmacy technician apprenticeship programme has launched for 2025. The programme supports Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians (PTPTs) to complete a 24-month apprenticeship in community pharmacy. Funding offer and application support Successful applicants will receive a training contribution of £15,053 per trainee, per year for two years to support their [...]

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NHS England has opened the procurement process for pharmacies that wish to provide the COVID-19 vaccination service from their healthcare premises from 1st October 2025. This process only applies to: Pharmacies not already contracted to provide the service and wishing to apply to provide it from 1st October 2025; and Pharmacies already contracted to provide [...]

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