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A recorded presentation on the 2025/26 Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) is now available to watch on our website. Rosie Taylor, Head of Service Development at Community Pharmacy England, talks through the requirements of this year’s Scheme, highlighting how to meet the gateway criterion and domains, as well as advising on what resources are available to [...]

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Pharmacy teams should be aware that FreeStyle® Libre 2 Sensor (Abbott Laboratories Ltd) was discontinued in August 2025 and will be deleted from Part IX of the October 2025  Drug Tariff. Any NHS prescriptions for the FreeStyle® Libre 2 Sensor dispensed from 1 October 2025 will be disallowed by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA). Patients [...]

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Following representations made by Community Pharmacy England on behalf of community pharmacy owners, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has redetermined the April 2025 reimbursement prices for the following products, to reflect an increase in their NHS list prices. To avoid pharmacy owners dispensing these products at a loss, DHSC has agreed to grant [...]

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NHS England previously announced the launch of a new community pharmacy Point of Care (PoC) IT Supplier Contractual Framework, which will allow pharmacy owners to choose which PoC system they use to make their clinical records for the Flu and COVID-19 vaccination services during the Autumn/Winter 2025/26 campaign. IT suppliers listed on the new framework will be assured by NHS [...]

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A new report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pharmacy calls for urgent reforms to medicines supply, after describing shortages as a “permanent and escalating feature” of the healthcare system. Published today, the report on an APPG inquiry into the issue concludes that shortages have become a constant and growing threat to NHS care [...]

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