CCA statement: ABPM bundling requirement delayed
The requirement to provide one Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) consultation per month as part of the ‘bundling’ requirements to...
Category: Contracts and service development
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Margin is £430m short of its true value in England
A new CCA analysis has found that the actual value of retained margin ought to be at least £1.28 billion...
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CCA Prospectus 2025 – positioning community pharmacy as the home for routine primary care, freeing up 51m primary care appointments each year
The Company Chemists’ Association, the trade association for multiple pharmacies, has today published proposals for community pharmacy to become a...
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Statement: Supervision legislation being laid in Parliament
Commenting on the supervision regulations being laid today, Malcolm Harrison, Chief Executive of the CCA said: “We welcome the laying...
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CCA investigation: Inconsistencies in local pharmacy commissioning drives unnecessary postcode lottery across England
The way in which Integrated Care Boards (ICB) and Local Authorities (LA) commission services from local community pharmacies in England...
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Statement: 10-year health plan for the NHS
Commenting on the publication of the 10-year plan, CCA Chief Executive Malcolm Harrison said: “The government’s ten-year health plan for...
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CCA members deliver over 1 million clinical pathway consultations in England
Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) members have provided over 1 million Clinical Pathway Consultations since the Pharmacy First service launched in...
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Challenge of providing Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) could mean reduced access to Pharmacy First for patients
The forthcoming requirement to provide a ‘bundle’ of three clinical services to receive threshold payments could lead to unintended consequences,...
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CCA Statement: 2025/26 community pharmacy funding announcement
On the new funding for pharmacies, CCA Chief Executive Malcolm Harrison said: “We are encouraged that the Government has committed...
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99% of pharmacies in England are unsustainable in the long-run
An independent economic analysis of the community pharmacy sector in England commissioned by NHS England, published today, finds that: Around...
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Penny-pinching is leading to avoidable medicine shortages
A longstanding drive to save money on the medicines bill is leading to easily preventable medicine shortages and avoidable harm...
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Pharmacy First expansion could free up 40m GP appointments a year, CCA report finds
In a report to mark the first anniversary of the service, the Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) outlines how Pharmacy First...
