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C+D spoke with PSNC’s new chief executive Janet Morrison about her experience in the role so far, the “pressing issues” community pharmacy faces and what needs to happen for the sector to become more service-based
The conversation takes place over Zoom due to Ms Morrison’s busy schedule: her first few weeks as chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) have been a whirlwind of pharmacy visits, conversations with contractors and getting to the bottom of how pharmacy businesses operate.
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0There will be a huge reliance on the senior team at Boots to deliver whatever plan transpires, and to prepare pharmacy teams for whatever difficult decisions will be coming. And they will be difficult.
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Members of parliament have argued that the government has not “properly considered” the effects of the upcoming National Insurance Contributions (NICs) hike on community pharmacies.
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”.
