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2NHS England (NHSE) has confirmed that both the government and pharmacy negotiators have seen the long-awaited economic analysis of the sector – but said that it will not share the report until the pharmacy contract is announced.
2MP and pharmacist Sadik Al-Hassan has said the promised community pharmacy prescribing service is “deliverable” but not ready yet.
4Wes Streeting has revealed that the DH is “immediately” working to scrap NHS England (NHSE) and put a new “transformation team” in place – adding that it is in the “very final stages” of concluding a new pharmacy contract deal.
2Award-winning Wicker Pharmacy has moved out of one of its premises in the hope this will save up to £60,000 a year to stay “sustainable”, it told C+D.
2GPs must reinstall GP connect, which allows pharmacies to send routine consultation information to their patients’ GP practices, as part of their £889m-boosted contract, NHS England (NHSE) has revealed.
0The Health and Social Care Committee has asked NHS England to respond by March 14 to questions on when the community pharmacy economic analysis will be finished, if it will publish it in full, and if not, why it won’t.
0The Scottish pharmacy negotiator would be “delighted” for funding deal to be reached by April but admit it is “out of our control”.
1The Independent Pharmacies Association (IPA) and National Pharmacy Association (NPA) have called for the government to urgently publish its economic review of the sector during contract negotiations.
0The pharmacy negotiator has revealed that negotiations for this year and next year's funding deal may not be concluded and implemented until July.
0The government has announced that it has finally “entered into consultation with Community Pharmacy England (CPE)” on funding and contract arrangements for both this year and next year.