Pharmacies integral to preventing ill health if PM’s plans are to succeed
Community pharmacies are integral to the Prime Minister’s ‘Reforming Elective Care for Patients’ plan, the Company Chemists’ Association says. The...
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Pharmacy First: pharmacists treating their role as antimicrobial stewards with the utmost seriousness, new CCA analysis shows
A new report by the Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) outlines how pharmacists are acting responsibly as antimicrobial stewards through the...
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CCA press release: Funding an essential building block if pharmacies are to play a leading role in supporting healthcare shifts
The CCA has submitted its evidence to the 10-year plan outlining how community pharmacy can deliver the Government’s three shifts...
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CCA and NPA hold Pharmacy First roundtable event in Parliament
An expert group convened in Parliament this week (20 November) to discuss the current operation and future expansion of the...
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Pharmacy First threshold for October 2024 lowered to 20 consultations
Following the news that the Pharmacy First monthly threshold has been lowered to 20 for October 2024, Malcolm Harrison, Chief...
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Delays to implementation of hub and spoke dispensing
Following the news that hub and spoke dispensing will now no longer be implemented from 1 January 2025, CCA Chief...
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Pharmacy First – Insights from the LPC network
Earlier this month, the CCA convened a virtual roundtable to examine the best practice undertaken by a cross-section of LPCs...
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CCA report calls for pharmacy-led national diabetes screening service – saving NHS £50m each year
A Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) report urges the NHS to commission a community pharmacy diabetes screening service which would save...
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CCA statement: response to the Darzi report
Malcolm Harrison, Chief Executive of the Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) said: “We welcome the publication of the Darzi report and...
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CCA supports Reform report calling for pharmacies to become first port of call for many common ailments and long-term condition management
The CCA was interviewed as part of think-tank Reform’s report on primary care reform. It notes that: Elevating the role...
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CCA submission to Darzi review urges recognition of the sector’s potential to tackle health challenges and health inequalities
The CCA’s submission to the Darzi review highlights how chronic underfunding and a broken Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) have...
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CCA calls for Emergency Hormonal Contraception to be commissioned nationally in England
The Company Chemists’ Association (CCA), the National Pharmacy Association (NPA), the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and the Faculty of Sexual...