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Community Pharmacy England partnered with think tank Re:State to host a roundtable discussion at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester this week, at which community pharmacy’s role in the future health service was once again backed. The roundtable asked: ‘The NHS in transition: Can community and primary care lead the shift?’ and we were delighted [...]

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Several years ago, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), in partnership with the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), charities and organisations from across health and social care, launched a campaign to raise awareness of the risk of severe and fatal burns with paraffin-containing and paraffin-free emollients. This news story is to remind pharmacy [...]

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Last month we provided pharmacy owners with initial information on the two national health campaigns that they must undertake in 2025/26. The final details for the campaigns have now been agreed with DHSC and NHS England. Campaign details All pharmacies will need to participate in both the campaigns, using relevant materials to promote the Pharmacy [...]

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NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has identified a very small number of pharmacies that are declaring consistently and significantly above their actual number of prescription items dispensed each month when submitting their FP34C declaration via the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal. Given the Government’s obligations for Managing Public Money, the Department of Health and Social [...]

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As part of the reform to the initial education and training of pharmacists (IETP), NHS England has taken on delegated responsibilities from the General Pharmaceutical Council for the delivery and management of the Foundation Trainee Pharmacist Programme (FTPP) in England. This includes providing funding to each site in England that has had a foundation trainee pharmacist [...]

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