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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.
The minimum number of Pharmacy First consultations pharmacies will have to complete in October to qualify for a monthly payment has been reduced from 30 to 20, the negotiator has revealed.
Almost six thousand working days were lost to temporary pharmacy closures in 2023, new data from Healthwatch has revealed.
New software that “automatically” shares GP referrals with pharmacies has been rolled out, just as new poll data has found that half of pharmacies have seen reduced Pharmacy First referrals due to GP collective action, C+D can reveal.
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.
Scottish community pharmacies are set to offer Pharmacy First consultations for a “wider range of health conditions” as part of primary care reforms, C+D has learned.
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”.
Pharmacy First funding is set to be “recovered” from over 500 pharmacy contractors who did not meet consultation thresholds, NHS data has revealed.
Optipharm in North West London has told C+D that its massive minor illness consultation haul is “well under the pharmacy's capacity”.