Information for politicians
Published on: 30th May 2023 | Updated on: 28th November 2025
Recent policy briefings
Other briefings
These are some of our older briefings, which may still be relevant:
Autumn Budget 2024 Briefing Note (November 2024)
Pressures Survey 2024: Staffing and Moral Report (October 2024)
Pressures Survey 2024: Funding and Profitability Report (August 2024)
Pressures Survey 2024: Medicines Supply: summary of report (May 2024)
Medicines Supply and Pharmacies (February 2024)
Community Pharmacy: Four-Point Plan (February 2024)
Reduced opening, and closures, of community pharmacies (January 2024)
NHS winter pressures: How community pharmacies are coping (December 2023)
Community Pharmacies and the Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care (November 2023)
2023 Pressures Survey shows depth of pharmacy crisis (Updated September 2023)
Briefing on community pharmacy temporary and permanent closures (September 2023)
MP briefing for Westminster Hall Debate on ‘The future of community pharmacies’ (September 2023)
Briefing: Community Pharmacies and Medicines Supply (July 2023)
Community pharmacies: A key issues briefing for parliamentarians (July 2023)
Introducing Community Pharmacy England (May 2023)
Pharmacy First: A national minor illnesses service for England (April 2023)
Save Our Pharmacies: Briefing for Parliamentarians (Spring 2023)
Community Pharmacy Patient Services Under Critical Pressure (December 2022)
For a brief explainer of Community Pharmacy England, watch the video below:
Our submissions to parliamentary inquires
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