Pharmacies being ‘unreasonably penalised’ for not meeting Pharmacy First thresholds, says Community Pharmacy England The monthly minimum threshold pharmacies must meet to receive the fixed £1,000 monthly payment is set to increase to 30 consultations by October 2024.…
Two-thirds of pharmacies reduce opening hours owing to funding cuts, says NPA Analysis by the National Pharmacy Association shows pharmacies in England have reduced their opening hours by an average of 6.1 hours per week since 2015.…
A prescribing service for England’s pharmacies: everything you need to know After months of discussions, an NHS prescribing service for community pharmacies in England may finally be in sight for a select few ‘pathfinders’. Here is what we know so far about the long-awaited programme.…
Chancellor promises electronic patient records for all NHS trusts by March 2026 In the spring 2024 Budget, the government said it will spend £3.4bn on boosting productivity in the NHS, including £2bn on updating IT systems.…
Scaling back: the pharmacies cutting opening hours to avoid closure More than a fifth of community pharmacies have scaled back their opening hours since 2022, worsening fears over patient access to pharmaceutical services.…
NPA chief executive calls for community pharmacy to receive 2.5% of NHS budget Speaking to The Pharmaceutical Journal, Paul Rees said the community pharmacy sector is “in the midst of the worst funding crisis in living memory”.…
Pharmacy negotiator warns chancellor of effect of National Living Wage on community pharmacies Jeremy Hunt announced in the autumn statement that the National Living Wage would increase from £10.42 to £11.44 per hour from April 2024.…
LloydsPharmacy sells all of its community pharmacy branches Hallo Healthcare Group, the parent company of LloydsPharmacy, announced in a statement that 99% of its branches would remain open under different ownership.…
PCNs spend £387m on pharmacists through ‘Additional roles reimbursement scheme’ The spend represents more than 46% of the total money spent through the scheme between 2019/2020 and 2021/2022.…
RPS condemns ‘unjust’ exclusion of pharmacy students from government support fund Pharmacy students are not currently eligible for the NHS learning support fund, which offers help for healthcare students on practice placements.…
