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Community pharmacies across England are still facing severe financial losses, with patients increasingly feeling the impact through delays to medicines and reduced access to care, this year’s Pharmacy Pressures Survey has shown. The owners of more than 2,900 pharmacies, along with 900 pharmacy team members, took part in this year’s survey which provides clear evidence [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has welcomed the publication of the 2026 GP Patient Survey, which sets out the latest findings on people’s experiences of general practice, NHS dentistry and community pharmacy services. The survey showed especially strong results for community pharmacy, with patients reporting very positive experiences of pharmacy services. Key findings for community pharmacy include: [...]

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MHRA Class 2 Medicines Recall: ChloraPrep 1mL applicator (Beckton Dickson UK Ltd) Drug alert number: EL(26)A/34 Date issued: 13 July 2026 Becton Dickinson UK Ltd are recalling batches of ChloraPrep 2% w/v / 70% v/v cutaneous solution 1mL applicators due to a potential breach of sterility in the packaging process. DMRC reference number: DMRC-40102707 Company name: [...]

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Pharmacy owners are now able to make a claim for an Aspiration payment for the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2026/27 on the NHS Business Services Authority’s Manage Your Service (MYS) portal. The Aspiration payment is optional; if pharmacy owners do not want to claim it, it will not impact on the pharmacy owner’s ability to [...]

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Pharmacy owners who plan to start offering the Meningococcal B (MenB) Vaccination Service (the service commences on 20th July 2026) must register for the service by 20th July 2026. Pharmacy owners must complete a separate registration for each pharmacy site; there is no option available for bulk registration of pharmacy sites for this service. Due [...]

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