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The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pharmacy has published a new report, The Future of Community Pharmacy in England, recognising the essential and central role that community pharmacies must play in achieving the Government’s ambitions for health and productivity.  The report emphasises that community pharmacies are vital to boosting NHS performance, tackling health inequalities, and delivering more care [...]

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An article has been published in the journal JAC – Antimicrobial Resistance highlighting outcomes of the 2022/23 and 2023/24 antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) quality criterion of the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS). In the 2022/23 and 2023/24 PQS, pharmacy teams reviewed their practice on AMS. This included using the TARGET Treating Your Infection (TYI) upper respiratory tract [...]

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Pharmacy owners have until midnight on Friday (21st November 2025) to complete the 2025 workforce survey, which is a mandatory requirement for all pharmacy owners. The NHS Business Services Authority sent an email to pharmacy owners containing a link to the survey in September. In some cases, for example, if you work for a multiple pharmacy group, the [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (18/11/2025) confirmed the following initial list of price concessions for November 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Co-careldopa 12.5mg/50mg tablets 90 £5.97 Co-careldopa 25mg/100mg tablets 100 £8.26 Febuxostat 80mg tablets 28 £4.09 Fexofenadine 180mg tablets 30 £3.89 Ibandronic acid 150mg tablets 1 £18.40 Latanoprost 50micrograms/ml eye [...]

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The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has launched a Keep Antibiotics Working campaign to coincide with World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW). WAAW is a global campaign that is held annually to improve awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and encourages best practice among the public, health workers and policymakers, all who play a critical [...]

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