Commissioning bodies

The minimum number of Pharmacy First consultations pharmacies must complete to qualify for a monthly payment has been reduced until March next year, NHS England has revealed.

NICE has opened a consultation on the possible mass rollout of tirzepatide to millions of people in England over the next decade.

The number of pharmacy technicians working in the community has plummeted by 30% in just two years, new survey data has revealed. 

The new government is “not in a position” to implement promised intercompany hub-and-spoke changes in January, the pharmacy negotiator has announced.

A C+D snapshot poll has revealed that an overwhelming majority of "small" community pharmacy contractors and workers support work to rule protest action just days after Wes Streeting slammed the NPA for "sabre-rattling" over collective action.

The health secretary has criticised “threats of collective action” from the NPA as the pharmacy body has begun balloting its members on work to rule action to secure a better funding deal for community pharmacy.

With the previous leading pharmacy suspended from providing the Pharmacy First scheme, find out which pharmacy has taken over as the leading provider of Pharmacy First minor illness referral consultations…

Four pharmacies that have provided some of the highest numbers of Pharmacy First consultations have been suspended from the scheme, C+D has learned.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DH) cannot say when it will resume talks on the community pharmacy contractual framework for 2024/25.

A ballot launching next week will see NPA members asked if they want to work to rule. The resulting impact will hit the NHS, but also patients. It's a big moment for Community Pharmacy. C+D spoke to NPA Chief executive Paul Rees.