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0The government has announced that the pharmacy quality scheme (PQS) will be “reinstated” in 2025/26 as part of the new funding deal but is “smaller than usual”.
0The new pharmacy funding deal has revealed incoming changes to the medicines margin, including plans for an “early entry” Category M process.
0The government has announced that pharmacies in England will be able to undergo an “application process” to change the days and times of their core opening hours to “better serve their patients”.
1Rules that would have required pharmacies to provide three services in order to qualify for a fixed monthly payment have been delayed by two months.
2Changes to the Pharmacy First service are set to come into force from June, while increased fees will be paid from today, as part of the new pharmacy contract.
2Reaction to the funding contract from pharmacy groups has been mixed, from demands for the CPE executive team to “immediately resign" to describing it as a “vital lifeline”.
5Details of the long-awaited pharmacy contract deal have revealed single activity fee uplifts, a one-off £193 million historic margin write-off and plans “to redesign the whole payment timetable”.
3Community Pharmacy England (CPE) has said that it “reluctantly accepted the final offer” of the long-awaited pharmacy funding deal, stressing that it is “not enough” to stabilise the sector.
1The NPA has said that it will “consult” its members on whether collective action will go ahead from tomorrow following the government’s announcement of a £3 billion funding deal for 2025/26.
2C+D rounds up the immediate reaction to the new CPCF funding contract from pharmacy trade bodies, politicians, and the CPE negotiating team.
0The government has announced that it will expand the pharmacy contraception service (PCS), making the morning-after pill “available free of charge” at pharmacies in England.
6The government has announced that it is “going with” hub-and-spoke model one, following “overwhelmingly positive” responses to its consultation on the reforms.
3The outcome of negotiations between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care have been announced.
1The health and beauty giant has announced that it plans to open 25 new stores this year, a move that will create “approximately 600 new jobs”.
0The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has announced that Henry Gregg will join the organisation in May as its new chief executive – so what do we know about him so far?
28The long-awaited economic review of community pharmacy has revealed that around half of pharmacies did not turn a profit last year.
0The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has announced the appointment of its new chief executive, who will join the organisation in May.
6Well Pharmacy has revealed that it suffered millions in losses over a “challenging” year, while its wholesaling arm was able to turn a £2.5 million profit.
0A representative body has taken legal action against the government following MPs’ rejection of a bill amendment that would have exempted pharmacies from next week’s employer NICs hike.
0A Northern Irish fitness-to-practise (FtP) committee has suspended a pharmacist for six months after he “unlawfully obtained” prescription-only medicines (POMs) from his workplace “without a valid prescription”.