Community Pharmacy England (CPE) has announced that it expects negotiations for the pharmacy contractual framework, which were originally set to conclude in March, to “resume soon”.
Pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock will “this week” have his “first full briefing” with Wes Streeting
“We expect negotiations on the community pharmacy contractual framework (CPCF) for 2024/25 to resume soon”, the pharmacy negotiator announced last week (September 4).
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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.
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