‘Not your money’: CPE admits £645m Pharmacy First cash ‘unlikely to be spent’

The pharmacy negotiator has admitted that “it is a challenge” to convince the government to spend all £645 million of the Pharmacy First funding, while pleas for threshold changes are like “pushing against a closed door”. 

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"We seem to be pushing against a bit of a closed door"
Kate Bowie

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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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