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Contractors have the right to ask NHS England to review whether they are eligible for protection from the funding cuts, a legal expert has told C+D.
Noel Wardle, partner at law firm Charles Russell Speechlys, is urging every pharmacy that dispenses fewer than 9,500 items a month to apply for NHS England’s review – which they can do from tomorrow (November 1) – to determine whether pharmacies are eligible for the “pharmacy access fund”.
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Margaret Billings sustained fatal injuries when she was caught between a moving boat and a riverbank during a day out “with family and friends”, an inquest has found.
C+D rounds up some of the immediate pharmacy reaction to news that NHS England will be abolished, with more control moving back to the government and local leaders…
Wes Streeting has revealed that the DH is “immediately” working to scrap NHS England (NHSE) and put a new “transformation team” in place – adding that it is in the “very final stages” of concluding a new pharmacy contract deal.
The two pharmacy bodies have urged NHS England (NHSE) to “release immediately” its “long-awaited” economic analysis of community pharmacy, stressing that their “collective voice must be heard”.
GPs must reinstall GP connect, which allows pharmacies to send routine consultation information to their patients’ GP practices, as part of their £889m-boosted contract, NHS England (NHSE) has revealed.
