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A recent report published by Healthwatch England highlights that the cost of living pressures are affecting people’s ability to afford prescription and over-the-counter medicines.  Freedom of Information data from 2021, found that over a million people could have saved money through NHS prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs). Therefore, Healthwatch England is calling for improvements to NHS [...]

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Community Pharmacy England’s Pharmacy Advice Audit is taking place over the next fortnight (3rd to 16th June 2024), and we would be hugely grateful to anyone who is able to take part.  Pharmacy owners and their teams are encouraged to record information about the informal healthcare advice that they are giving over the course of [...]

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The Conservative Party has made a series of election pledges on healthcare, which include a commitment to expand Pharmacy First. Community Pharmacy England has issued the following statement in response. Our CEO Janet Morrison said: “The introduction of Pharmacy First was an important milestone for community pharmacies, recognising the value of this local healthcare network [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has published new guidance to help community pharmacy owners complete the latest Data Security and Protection Toolkit. The Toolkit is used to make a pharmacy’s information governance (IG) declaration and must be completed by Sunday 30th June 2024.   Community Pharmacy England has collaborated with the NHS DSPTK team to keep the workload [...]

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Before Parliament was dissolved, the government introduced regulations to restrict the prescribing and supply of puberty-suppressing hormones.  This follows the Cass Review into gender identity services. New restrictions on puberty blockers – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Today the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has cascaded NHS England information on the new regulations to pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy [...]

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