Funding deal agreed between Government and Community Pharmacy England
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Following the announcement of Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) arrangements for 2024/15 and 2025/26, we shared the following comment with the national press:
Community Pharmacy England Chief Executive Janet Morrison said:
“As highly trusted and accessible healthcare locations, community pharmacies have so much to offer patients and the NHS to help shift more care into communities.
But we came to these negotiations as a sector in crisis – with the impact of a decade’s worth of real-terms cuts to funding leaving pharmacy businesses fighting to survive, and closures continuing at an alarming rate.
We are pleased that this settlement takes a positive first step in the right direction for pharmacies, towards stabilisation and a better future.
A sustainable community pharmacy sector can and must play a huge part in the future of the NHS.”
Coverage:
Funding deal:
New services for patients under record pharmacy funding deal | GOV.UK
Protests postponed after pharmacy funding boost – BBC News
Pharmacies to provide more frontline health services after £3bn funding boost | The Independent
Pharmacy funding boost is a ‘step forward’ but still ‘falls short’, say leaders | PA Media
Pharmacy funding boost is a ‘step forward’ but still ‘falls short’, say leaders | The Standard
Pharmacies pause action while they examine Government funding deal | The Standard
Pharmacies pause action while they examine Government… | Daily Mail
Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC):
Morning-after pill to be made free at pharmacies in England – BBC News
Free morning-after pill at pharmacies will end ‘unfair postcode lottery’ | Express & Star
Women to receive morning after pill for free on NHS as ‘unfair postcode lottery’ set to end| GB News
The morning after pill will be given out free at pharmacies on the NHS | The Sun
Morning-after pill to be given out free at pharmacies | The Independent
Morning-after pill to be made free at pharmacies ending ‘unfair postcode lottery’ – The Mirror
Free morning-after pill at pharmacies will end ‘unfair postcode lottery’ | ITV News
Antidepressants addition to the New Medicine Service (NMS):
Pharmacies to bolster support to patients with depression to ease pressure on GPs | Express
