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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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NHS approved IT systems for recording SCS and DMS consultations and sharing data with the NHSBSA are due to be ready in the first quarter of 2024. This development follows negotiations with NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care where it has previously been agreed that IT support for CPCF clinical services [...]

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NHS England has announced that NHS approved IT systems for recording NMS consultations and sharing data with the NHSBSA are due to be ready from 1st December 2023. This development follows negotiations with NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care where it has previously been agreed that IT support for CPCF clinical [...]

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Dame Andrea Leadsom MP has been appointed as the new minister with responsibility for pharmacy in the Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC). She takes over the position of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Patient Safety and Primary Care from Neil O’Brien MP, who resigned from the position on Monday. Dame Andrea will [...]

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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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