Last few days to complete the 2025/26 CPAF screening questionnaire

As of 28th July, 82% of community pharmacies have completed the CPAF screening questionnaire. The remaining pharmacies only have a couple of days left to complete it before the deadline of midnight on Thursday, 31st July 2025.  

We encourage pharmacy owners who have not yet responded to the questionnaire to ensure they do so by Thursday, 31st July 2025. Completing the screening questionnaire is a Terms of Service requirement and significantly reduces the likelihood of being selected to complete the full CPAF questionnaire.

Community Pharmacy England recommends that pharmacy owners complete the questionnaire in good time before the deadline. It should only take approximately 10-20 minutes to complete.  

The short screening questionnaire consists of 10 questions. Pharmacy owners who use the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Manage Your Service (MYS) portal will be required to complete the questionnaire on the portal. Those who are not yet signed up for MYS will be able to complete the questionnaire online.

The questions are available on the NHSBSA website.

Once the screening questionnaires have been completed, NHS England will then select a small number of pharmacies for a monitoring visit and/or to complete the full CPAF questionnaire.

Community pharmacies should receive information and instructions on how to complete the screening questionnaire either via email from the NHSBSA or from their own Head Office. Pharmacy owners are advised to contact NHSBSA by emailing pharmacysupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk  if they have not received details of the questionnaire, or if they have any problems or queries completing the questionnaire.

More information about CPAF can be found on our webpage: CPAF (Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework)