National Pharmacy Services Latest News

Over 90% of community pharmacies in England have now signed up to provide the Pharmacy First service. The service is due to commence on 31st…

Pharmacy owners and their teams can now watch an on-demand recording of Community Pharmacy England’s webinar on the re-launch of the Hypertension Case-Finding Service. Held…

A community pharmacy in Farnborough has participated in a proof of concept evaluation that aimed to test if detection of heart valve disease (HVD) using…

Community Pharmacy England has joined other pharmacy bodies to endorse a new report that is encouraging Integrated Care Boards to increase proactive detection of heart…

Community Pharmacy Surrey and Sussex worked with NHS Sussex to develop a pathway to maximise the use of the Hypertension Case-Finding Service to increase the…

NHS England has published the final 23 Patient Group Directions (PGDs) and protocol for the Pharmacy First service, which is due to start on 31st…

Update – 19th December 2023 – There has been an update to the process, below, that the PAT will follow. The NHS Business Services Authority…