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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has highlighted the Labour government’s commitment to increasing the role of community pharmacies to MPs.

The previous health secretary has slated Wes Streeting for “casting doubt” on Pharmacy First, while he has asked her “how many pharmacies went bust on her watch”. 

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.

The parliamentary All-Party Pharmacy Group has relaunched and elected a new chair, it announced last week.

Community pharmacies have joined together to take part in the NPA’s second day of action to highlight the sector’s crisis as the membership body delivers a 350,000 signature-strong petition to the government.

The Liberal Democrat party has called for an expansion of pharmacy “community-based care” and “ambitious change” to NHS policy at its annual conference.  

“There’s not enough being spent” on community pharmacy, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has warned.

Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran will chair the health and social care select committee, parliament has announced.

A Liberal Democrat MP will be elected to chair the next health and social care committee (HSCC) by September 11, parliament has revealed.

A new health minister has said that the Labour Party’s flagship community pharmacist prescribing service could be “central” to increasing secondary care capacity.