Politics

CPE has announced that the seat allocation on its committee will change “as quickly as possible” – in 2026.

Pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock said that the government viewed resolving community pharmacy funding as “a matter of urgency”.

I know you are ambitious for change, and very keen to make better use of your skills, to better your communities. You have shown time and again how you can deliver, and we are determined to provide the support you need.

Members of the legislative assembly (MLAs) have urged the government to “get behind” community pharmacies, provide the sector with a “modest” investment and get pharmacies to “do more”. 

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.

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

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

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