Future CPCF: What’s most important to you?
We want to hear community pharmacy owners’ opinions on the future direction of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) to help shape negotiating priorities for 2026/27.
Ahead of CPCF 2026/27 negotiations, our summer survey aims to gather views on potential funding allocations, service priorities and regulatory asks. The questions have been informed by discussions at recent sector workshops.
The opinion poll will directly inform discussions at the next Community Pharmacy England Committee meeting in September. The views of pharmacy owners are also used on an ongoing basis in communications with Government and the NHS, including with Ministers.
Your feedback will also help the Committee as it sets negotiating priorities, including key asks and red lines, before further negotiations commence.
Pharmacy owners can share the most important message they want to give to Government, consider the best way to allocate sector funding, and reflect on service priorities and regulatory asks.
Finally, the poll includes our pressures tracker to provide a snapshot of which issues are causing the most pressure for pharmacy owners right now. This helps us to monitor trends in the sector over time.
With the next round of CPCF negotiations approaching, your input has never been so vital. We hope that as many pharmacy owners as possible will share your views to both inform the Committee’s crucial discussions and to support wider influencing work to make things better for community pharmacies.
Pharmacy owners can directly input into the Committee’s discussions via this poll:
Poll: 2026/27 CPCF Negotiating Priorities (for independent and non-CCA multiples only)
View a copy of the poll questions
The survey will close at 11.59pm on Monday 8th September 2025 to allow time for the Committee to review responses before its meeting. Please note, this survey is for community pharmacy owners only – CCA multiple branches do not need to respond, as their head offices will be contacted separately.
Alongside the poll, pharmacy owners can engage with Community Pharmacy England at this year’s Pharmacy Show where team and Committee members will be participating in various sessions and running an exhibition stand. This is another key opportunity for pharmacy owners (and their representatives) to discuss our work in more detail and ask any questions – get your free ticket today.
The results from previous opinion polls are available in the links below:
