NHS England

PCNs will be ‘required’ to involve community pharmacy from April 2020, says NHS England

All primary care networks will be required to collaborate with community pharmacies from April 2020, NHS England has said.…

Less than 10% of eligible adults had NHS health check last year

Fewer than one in ten eligible adults had a NHS Health Check over the past year, figures published by the NHS have revealed.…

Better price concession system among NPA demands for community pharmacy contract negotiations

The National Pharmacy Association has outlined a list of eight demands for the next community pharmacy contract in a letter sent to the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee.…

NHS savings from adalimumab biologic switching hit earlier than expected

The NHS will make financial savings from switching to biosimilar versions of adalimumab earlier than originally anticipated, according to NHS England’s regional pharmacist for the south of England.…

GP practices to directly refer patients to digital minor ailments scheme

GP practices are to refer patients direct to the pharmacy Digital Minor Illness Referral Service from June 2019.…

Working group set up to cut climate change impact of asthma inhalers

A national working group has been set up to reduce the climate change impact of asthma inhalers and help meet carbon emissions targets laid out in the ‘NHS Long Term Plan’.…

Funding must be in place to support NHS workforce plan pharmacy foundation proposals, RPS says

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has called for funding to be put in place to support proposals for foundation training promised in NHS England’s interim workforce plan.…

NUMSAS referrals to community pharmacy more than double in a year

The number of referrals to community pharmacy through the NHS Urgent Medicine Supply Advanced Service (NUMSAS) has more than doubled in the past year, according to data from NHS England.…

Emergency contraception services should be commissioned nationally as part of community pharmacy contract, CCA says

The Company Chemists’ Association has called on NHS England and other healthcare bodies to establish a single national pharmacy specification for emergency hormonal contraception services to be used by all healthcare commissioners in England.…

Funding for Genomics England to reduce by £40m under 2019/2020 DHSC spending plans

The Department of Health and Social Care has put forward plans to reduce its funding to Genomics England by £40m in 2019/2020 as the body receives a new funding model to match its latest target to sequence five million genomes in five years.…