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Inject funding now to prevent collapse, CPE tells Ministers

Community Pharmacy England has urged Ministers to provide immediate funding relief to community pharmacies and warning that without this, pharmacy closures will continue, with the potential for a house of cards collapse of the sector.…

4th December 2024
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Just over a week left to complete the 2024 mandatory workforce survey

Pharmacy owners have just over a week left to complete the 2024 workforce survey, which is a mandatory requirement for all pharmacy owners. Read more about the survey and how to complete it The NHS…

2nd December 2024

DHSC permits use of antiviral medicines against influenza

6th December 2024

EPS rolls out for Detained Estate prescribers

5th December 2024

Rolled over price concessions for December 2024

5th December 2024

MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Oxybutynin hydrochloride 2.5 mg/5 ml Oral Solution (Brillpharma Limited)

4th December 2024

November 2024 Price Concessions Final Update

3rd December 2024
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Briefing 026/24: Summary of November 2024 Committee Meeting

Community Pharmacy England met in London for a full Committee Meeting on 20th and 21st…

4th December 2024

Briefing 025/24: New Pharmacy Regulations: What you need to know

This Briefing provides guidance for pharmacy owners and their teams on the new pharmacy regulations,…

3rd December 2024

Briefing 024/24: Original Pack Dispensing FAQs

This Briefing provides guidance for pharmacy owners and their teams on the regulations for Original…

29th November 2024

Briefing 023/24: Using the NHSmail People Finder tool

Any NHSmail user can search the NHS directory for local colleagues’ NHSmail addresses and more…

12th November 2024

Briefing 022/24: Bank holidays, pharmacy opening hours in 2025 and for the remainder of 2024

This briefing provides guidance for community pharmacy owners on the Terms of Service opening hours…

5th November 2024

Briefing 021/24: EPS product information in the dose area

Prescribers sometimes erroneously add product information into the prescription dose area. This factsheet for pharmacy…

24th October 2024

Briefing 020/24: NHSmail technical issues and escalation

This factsheet explains how to raise technical NHSmail queries for community pharmacy teams and escalate…

24th October 2024

Briefing 019/24: Summary of September 2024 Committee Meeting

Community Pharmacy England met in London for a full Committee Meeting on 11th and 12th…

20th September 2024

Briefing 018/24: What pharmacy owners told us in September 2024

As part of Community Pharmacy England’s commitment to working more closely with pharmacy owners –…

20th September 2024

Briefing 017/24: NHSmail and multi-factor authentication

This briefing explains what NHSmail multi-factor authentication (MFA) is and how to use it. Briefing:…

31st July 2024

Briefing 016/24: Community Pharmacy England Strategy

Early in 2024, the Committee considered the challenges ahead looking at what the strategy should…

30th July 2024

Briefing 015/24: TAPR Update: Levy Spends

Community Pharmacy England is entirely funded by pharmacy owners via the levy charged to LPCs…

30th July 2024