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From today (1st June 2025) several changes take effect for the Pharmacy First service following the announcement of these as part of the contractual settlement for 2025/26. Below is a reminder of these changes. ‘Bundling’ requirements for the monthly payment From today, the bundling requirements for Pharmacy First come into force, which impacts on whether [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (30/05/2025) confirmed the following final list of price concessions for May 2025.  Drug Pack size Price concession Acetazolamide 250mg tablets 112 £47.22 Cefradine 500mg capsules 20 £13.44 Conjugated oestrogens 1.25mg tablets 84 £52.56 Conjugated oestrogens 300microgram tablets 84 £24.02 Conjugated oestrogens 625microgram tablets 84 £26.87 Duloxetine [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has published new guidance to help community pharmacy owners complete the Data Security and Protection Toolkit 2025. The Toolkit is used to make a pharmacy’s information governance (IG) declaration and must be completed by 30th June 2025. Community Pharmacy England has collaborated with the NHS DSPTK team to keep the workload associated with [...]

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The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has published a news story, on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care, highlighting that from 1st June 2025 pharmacy owners who have not yet claimed for Pharmacy First consultations carried out in March, April and May 2025 must claim these by 11.59pm on 30th June 2025 [...]

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NHS England has announced that the community pharmacy technician apprenticeship programme has launched for 2025. The programme supports Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians (PTPTs) to complete a 24-month apprenticeship in community pharmacy. Funding offer and application support Successful applicants will receive a training contribution of £15,053 per trainee, per year for two years to support their [...]

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