Contract timeline at a glance: What is happening when?

Following the announcement of the long-awaited pharmacy funding deal, C+D sets out a timeline of when changes are due to be implemented over the course of the next year…

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New contract changes are set to be implemented in the coming months... • Source: Nielsen Hobbs; the Pink Sheet | Shutterstock images

The Department of Health and Social Care (DH) and Community Pharmacy England (CPE) last month (March 31) announced the new community pharmacy funding deal for 2025/26, and with it came a host of changes.

From a 15% increase in the single activity fee to the morning-after pill being made “free of charge” and antidepressants being added to the new medicine service (NMS), this timeline sets out all the reforms pharmacy contractors can expect in the coming months…

Read more: All the headlines: Community pharmacy funding deal

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Molly Bowcott

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Molly Bowcott joined C+D as a digital reporter in October 2024 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She previously worked as a news reporter at the U.S. Sun, covering business and politics, among other things.

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