PSNC ‘still awaiting news’ on Pharmacy First service amid October launch hints

The pharmacy negotiator has said that it is “still awaiting news” from the government about Pharmacy First amid hints that a national service could launch from October.

The DH stressed that the research alert is not a new service announcement

A notice published by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) said that it expected to issue “a call for research” evaluating a “Pharmacy First” service, alongside the “potential roll out of this common conditions service in England”.

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Cos Potter joined C+D as its news editor in December 2022 but has been covering primary care news for over five years. After starting out at the pharmacy press in 2019, she worked at a GP title for several years before the pharmacy sector beckoned her back.

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