Mirror Following the closure of 237 Lloyds pharmacies in Sainsbury’s stores this week, we provided temporary and permanent closures as well as a comment from our CEO to the Mirror. Chief Executive Janet Morrison, said: “Our analysis highlights a very worrying trend of pharmacy closures over the past few years. It is a stark indicator [...]
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Which? Following news reports of Lloyds Pharmacy closing all of its Sainsbury’s branches this week, we have issued the following statement. Chief Executive Janet Morrison, said: “These closures are deeply worrying and one of the clearest signals yet of just how much community pharmacies are struggling to make ends meet. Pharmacies are being chronically underfunded, [...]
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NHS England is asking members (pharmacy owners) to continue to voluntarily submit New Medicine Service (NMS) quarterly summary data to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) for Quarter 4 (Q4) 2022/23 (January to March 2023). The mandatory requirement to submit this data has been suspended since 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. NHS England want to continue [...]
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The 2023/24 Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) screening questionnaire will be available for completion from approximately 1am on Monday 3rd July 2023 until midnight on Sunday 30th July 2023. As a result of NHS regulations introduced at the end of 2020, completion of CPAF is now a requirement of the Terms of Service. Therefore, contractors must complete [...]
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Pharmacy press The Parliamentary Select Committee on Health and Social Care launched a new inquiry looking at the future of community pharmacy. Steve Brine MP, Chair of the Committee, said “Pharmacy has a central role to play in the future of the NHS. With a greater focus on personalised and patient-centred healthcare, we will be asking [...]
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