2026/27 CPAF timeline confirmed

The process and timeline for this year’s Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) have been confirmed. 

NHS England has confirmed that, as last year, the screening questionnaire will run throughout July, and the full CPAF questionnaire will run throughout October 2026.  

Completion of CPAF is a requirement of the Terms of Service. Therefore, pharmacy owners must complete the screening questionnaire and, if required, the full CPAF questionnaire. 

The screening questions and full questionnaire will be published on the NHSBSA website in due course, so that pharmacy owners can consider their answers before submitting them in the online survey tool on the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal. 

Further information about the CPAF process will be added to our CPAF webpage when it becomes available.