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Community Pharmacy England met in Liverpool, with Members considering the current political context and pressures exerting on the sector, as well as implementation of the agreed changes to the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF). During the meeting on 25th and 26th June 2025, updates were provided on critical economic projects and ongoing work around medicines [...]

The post CPCF changes and future planning the focus of June Committee Meeting appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The results of the 2024 Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey have been published by NHS England. The survey, which will be repeated later in the autumn, is intended to build a picture of the community pharmacy workforce, developing and strengthening the information available to support workforce planning. The data will also help NHS England and stakeholders [...]

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COVID-19 vaccinations NHS England has confirmed via a system letter, the patient cohorts that will be eligible for vaccination in the Autumn 2025 COVID-19 vaccination programme. This follows the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) being accepted by the Government. The announced cohorts for the autumn 2025 programme will cover: Adults [...]

The post Autumn/winter 2025-26 Flu & C-19 vac programme timings confirmed appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

In the autumn of last year, NHS England started a clinical review of the Pharmacy First clinical pathways and patient group directions (PGD), informed by feedback received from pharmacy teams and other stakeholders, including Community Pharmacy England. Three community pharmacists nominated by Community Pharmacy England participated in the working group which advised NHS England on [...]

The post Advance notice: Updated Pharmacy First clinical pathways and PGDs appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

In the recent CPCF funding settlement, it was agreed that changes would be made to the Pharmacy Contraception Service (PCS) to include drospirenone within the list of contraceptives which can be supplied and to add oral emergency contraception (EC) to the service. These changes to the service necessitate updates to the service specification, the existing [...]

The post Updated PCS service spec and PGDs published ahead of changes later in the year appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.