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Community Pharmacy England News

Strong support for pharmacy at Parliamentary event

Community Pharmacy England met with 50 MPs and parliamentary staff at the Houses of Parliament yesterday (Tuesday 11th March) to discuss the vital healthcare role that pharmacies play in local communities and how the critical pressures on community…

12th March 2025
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Pharmacy News

£9.90 NHS prescription charge unchanged for April 2025

The Government has yet to conclude consideration of any increases to prescription charges and prescription pre-payment certificates (PPCs) for 2025/26. The current charges will therefore roll over into April 2025. Community Pharmacy England will update…

21st March 2025

Cybersecurity Unit seeks pharmacy teams’ input on support needs

21st March 2025

Tax credits are ending – downloadable poster for pharmacies to display

21st March 2025

March 2025 Price Concessions 2nd Update

20th March 2025

Reminder: Update your NHS Profile Manager quarterly

18th March 2025

Pharmacy IT workstreams update published after IT group meets

17th March 2025
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Briefing 009/25: Discount Deduction Scale

This Community Pharmacy England Briefing provides information on the changes to the discount deduction scale…

19th March 2025

Briefing 008/25: Briefing for general practice teams – the Community Pharmacy Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and Pertussis Vaccination Service

This Community Pharmacy England Briefing provides information for general practice teams on the Community Pharmacy…

14th March 2025

Briefing 007/25: Briefing for pharmacy teams – the RSV and Pertussis Vaccination Service

This Community Pharmacy England Briefing provides information for pharmacy teams on the Respiratory Syncytial Virus…

14th March 2025

Briefing 006/25: Summary of February 2025 Committee Meeting

Community Pharmacy England met in London for a full Committee Meeting on 5th and 6th…

14th February 2025

Briefing 005/25: EPS token submission

This factsheet sets out for pharmacy teams which EPS tokens are required to be submitted…

12th February 2025

Briefing 004/25: Claiming for EPS prescriptions on time

In this factsheet we explain how to reduce the risk of delays to payment caused…

4th February 2025

Briefing 003/25: eRD business change workshop: actions list

GP practice staff and community pharmacy teams at business change workshops can use this action…

29th January 2025

Briefing 002/25: Working with GP practices to roll out eRD and optimise its use

This briefing contains content to support community pharmacy and general practice teams in planning the…

29th January 2025

Briefing 001/25: Completing the Data Security and Protection Toolkit 2025

These briefings will assist community pharmacy contractors completing the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (‘Toolkit’) 2025:…

17th January 2025

Briefing 029/24: The electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) cycle

eRD allows the prescriber to authorise and issue repeat prescriptions electronically. eRD prescription issues include…

11th December 2024

Briefing 028/24: Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) benefits

The benefits of eRD for patients, GP practices and community pharmacy teams are many and…

11th December 2024

Briefing 027/24: Maintaining your NHS Smartcard

This factsheet assists pharmacy team members with maintaining their cards: updating contact info, enabling mobile…

9th December 2024

Events

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Forum of LPC Chairs Conference

The first annual conference of the Forum of LPC Chairs will take place in the…

18th June 2025
2:00pm-6:00pm
Houses of Parliament