Looking to the future: Pharmacy events programme
By Chief Executive Janet Morrison
Almost twenty years ago, PSNC (as it was then) set off around the country to talk to pharmacy owners about what the new Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework meant for them. The sector was looking forward to a future in which they would be able to offer more clinical services to help support the health and wellbeing of their local communities.
Fast forward to 2024, and this summer the team from a new and improved Community Pharmacy England were back on the road to discuss what now lies ahead for the sector with a new Government in place.
Much has changed since 2005: not only for pharmacies, who now offer a range of clinical services and have worked through a global pandemic, but who are also battling unprecedented and existential challenges; but also an overhaul of how our organisation works.
Preparations for both the end of the five-year CPCF deal and a new Government have been underway for some time, as can be seen in Community Pharmacy England’s Strategy for the year. And so, whilst 2024/25 CPCF negotiations have yet to conclude, it was important to take time in July to discuss this work building for the sector’s future directly with pharmacy owners.
Touring the country and talking to LPCs and pharmacy owners was incredibly valuable, hearing a range of thoughts and experiences first-hand. Many of you have been positive about the experience too. We wanted to give you more insight into our workplans and the direction of travel. Describing the work we’ve been doing to fight your corner and to influence and engage with the new Government. If you weren’t able to join us at an event in July, please do watch the recording of our presentation.
These events form part of a much wider set of important changes at Community Pharmacy England to improve governance, strengthen our negotiating capacity, and listen to pharmacy owners’ views better. Whether through our recent events, regular polling (which has helped us to secure national media coverage) or post-Committee updates, I hope you have noticed a difference in our approach over the past year or so. We will continue to do more to better engage with you, and what better way to do that than by attending one of the biggest conferences in the pharmacy calendar, the Pharmacy Show?
This year we are doing more at the Show than ever before, from a keynote speech on the future of the CPCF through panels on influencing Government and Pharmacy First learnings, to running funding and regulatory masterclasses (full details below). The whole team will be there across both days, so please do come armed with your questions and comments for us. Oh, and there’s also our stand, #J68, where you can come to discuss any of our work in more detail.
All good reasons to book your free place at the Pharmacy Show today. I hope many of you will be able to join us.
Our presence at the Pharmacy Show
Community Pharmacy England will have a significant presence at the Pharmacy Show on 13th and 14th October 2024 at the NEC Birmingham. As the largest gathering for pharmacy professionals in the country, we are pleased to be participating in key panel discussions and running an exhibition stand.
Members of our team and some Committee Members will be available through the show to talk to pharmacy owners, team members, and others working in pharmacy. Here’s a round-up of where they will be:
Sunday 13th October
Influencing government and policy makers
Sunday 13th October, 9.30-10.15am, Keynote Theatre
Panel including Janet Morrison, Chief Executive Officer, Community Pharmacy England
Community pharmacy funding masterclass
Sunday 13th October, 9.35-10.05am, Business Theatre
Mike Dent, Director of Pharmacy Funding, Community Pharmacy England
New regulations: what you need to know
Sunday 13th October, 10.30-11.00am, Clinical Theatre
Gordon Hockey, Director, Legal, Community Pharmacy England
The next steps for Pharmacy First – drawing inspiration from around Britain
Sunday 13th October, 1.00-1.30pm, Clinical Theatre
Panel including Alastair Buxton, Director of NHS Services, Community Pharmacy England
Pharmacy Technician training, funding and engaging potential trainees
Sunday 13th October, 1.30-2.00pm, Pharmacy Technician Theatre
Panel including Katrina Worthington, Regulations Officer, Community Pharmacy England
Monday 14th October
One year on from ‘A Vision for Community Pharmacy’, where next for the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework?
Monday 14th October, 9.15-10.00am, Keynote Theatre
Janet Morrison, Chief Executive Officer, Community Pharmacy England
National Pharmacy Services workshop
Monday 14th October, 10.20-10.50am, Clinical Theatre
Services Team (Alastair Buxton, Rosie Taylor and David Onuoha), Community Pharmacy England
Navigating the Digital Landscape: Pharmacy IT Trends and Strategies
Monday 14th October, 12.25-12.55pm, Technology Theatre
Panel including Dan Ah-Thion, Community Pharmacy IT Policy Manager & CPITG Secretariat, Community Pharmacy England
A Vision for Community Pharmacy: working with ICS and LPCs
Monday 14th October, 1.20-1.50pm, Primary Care Pharmacy Theatre
James Wood, Director of Member and LPC Support, Community Pharmacy England
What next for community pharmacy?
Monday 14th October, 3.00-3.45pm, Keynote Theatre
Panel including Janet Morrison, Chief Executive Officer, Community Pharmacy England
Stand #J68
Throughout the event, near the Public Health & Wellbeing Theatre
Executive Team, Committee Members and other staff from Community Pharmacy England
We look forward to seeing you there – get your free ticket today.
Please note, the Pharmacy Show is not an event run by Community Pharmacy England, but it is an important event in the sector calendar that we are participating in.
