Community pharmacy services

How we are helping to address the DPP shortage

Pharmacist Ruhina Kassam explains why she set up DPP Connect to match trainee independent prescribers with designated prescribing practitioners, and how her business could help the NHS in the future.…

Community Pharmacy England seeks clarity on proposals to regulate NHS managers

The negotiator said it wants confirmation that community pharmacies do not fall under the proposals, as they are not NHS organisations and are already regulated.…

Pharmacists advised to boycott stop smoking service over ‘inadequate’ funding

Community Pharmacy South Yorkshire has said remuneration fees for supplying varenicline, as part of a new stop smoking service level agreement, do not “fairly compensate” for pharmacists' time and clinical expertise.…

Hitting Pharmacy First thresholds is ‘challenging’, despite concessions, says CPE

Community Pharmacy England subcommittee board papers said monthly Pharmacy First threshold payments were being discussed in the ongoing contract negotiations.…

ICBs may commission community pharmacies to offer diabetic eye screenings from 2026, says NHS England

NHS England has proposed a diabetic eye screening programme that could be commissioned from community health centres, high street opticians and pharmacies to accommodate local community needs.…

Identification and management of common eye disorders

A summary of the common symptoms and conditions that may be encountered by pharmacists running minor ailment services, including information on assessment, self-care, management and referral.…

Four in five people want pharmacies to provide treatment for additional conditions

A similar proportion of the YouGov poll respondents also support pharmacy provision of vaccinations beyond COVID-19 and flu.…

Community pharmacies should be contracted to deliver medication reviews, report concludes

Public Policy Projects has said that community pharmacies are well placed to conduct medication reviews to lessen pressures on the NHS and offer patients more convenient access to care through close relationships with local communities.…

Two high street brands expand recycling schemes for medicine packaging

Boots and Tesco have announced they are expanding their medicines packaging recycling schemes across the UK, both of which are supported by waste management firm MyGroup.…

Manufacturers invited to apply for medicines reclassification

The Department of Health and Social Care has published a list of conditions where prescription-only restrictions on medicines could be removed, including gastrointestinal, skin and women’s health, as well as heartburn, eczema and heavy periods.…