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Community Pharmacy England’s Committee needs to know what you think about the 2026/27 CPCF settlement. This year’s settlement includes a 10.3% (£340m) funding increase, regulatory progress, and plans to introduce Independent Prescribing into Pharmacy First and the Contraception Service. However, Community Pharmacy England continues to warn of a sector in crisis and only agreed to [...]

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Following discussions with NHS England, we have agreed to an extension of the pilot flu vaccination service for children aged 2-3 years, with an increase in the fee. In addition, after successful lobbying, the service is being expanded to include opportunistic vaccination of two additional groups: Clinically at-risk children aged 2 years to less than [...]

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Following the recent announcement of the CPCF 2026/27 funding settlement, we know many of you have questions about what it means in practice for your pharmacy and your patients. To help provide clarity, we have answered some Frequently Asked Questions we’re hearing from pharmacy owners. Q. What is the expected change in income for an average pharmacy? In [...]

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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Mirtazapine 30mg Tablets (Cadila Pharmaceuticals) Drug alert number: EL(26)A/28 Date issued: 08 June 2026 Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited has informed the MHRA of an error with the European Article Number (EAN) barcode on the cartons of a batch of Mirtazapine 30mg Film-Coated Tablets distributed in Crescent Pharma Limited livery. DMRC [...]

The post MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Mirtazapine 30mg Tablets (Cadila Pharmaceuticals) (Crescent Pharma Limited livery) appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England is pleased to announce the appointment of Rahul Sharda, an independent pharmacy owner from Stoke-on-Trent, as the new Regional Representative Committee Member for the East and North Midlands. Rahul joins the Community Pharmacy England Committee will serve in this role until 31st March 2027, in line with the current committee term. To [...]

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