Services
4Following this week’s announcement of the long-awaited pharmacy funding deal, C+D has learned that contractors have already received the additional £106 million in retrospective funding for 2024/25.
0The government has announced an expansion to and fresh payment structure for the new medicine service (NMS) to “boost mental health support in the community”.
0The government has announced that the pharmacy quality scheme (PQS) will be “reinstated” in 2025/26 as part of the new funding deal but is “smaller than usual”.
1The government has announced that pharmacies in England will be able to undergo an “application process” to change the days and times of their core opening hours to “better serve their patients”.
1Rules that would have required pharmacies to provide three services in order to qualify for a fixed monthly payment have been delayed by two months.
3Changes to the Pharmacy First service are set to come into force from June, while increased fees will be paid from today, as part of the new pharmacy contract.
5Details of the long-awaited pharmacy contract deal have revealed single activity fee uplifts, a one-off £193 million historic margin write-off and plans “to redesign the whole payment timetable”.
1The NPA has said that it will “consult” its members on whether collective action will go ahead from tomorrow following the government’s announcement of a £3 billion funding deal for 2025/26.
0The government has announced that it will expand the pharmacy contraception service (PCS), making the morning-after pill “available free of charge” at pharmacies in England.
0Community pharmacies now have access to a patient’s GP record at the point of delivering any NHS clinical pharmacy service, C+D has learned.