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...
Category: Contracts and service development
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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...
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Statement: Conservative Party pledge to expand Pharmacy First and contraception services
Commenting on the Conservative Party’s pledge to expand the Pharmacy First and contraception services, Malcolm Harrison, Chief Executive of the CCA...
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Pharmacy First: postcode lottery of provision already emerging
Analysis shows that patient engagement with Pharmacy First is quickly resembling a ‘patchwork quilt’ across the country. Patients in the...
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The NHS Pharmacy First Service – two months in: meeting patient need
The latest data collected by the Company Chemists’ Association continues to demonstrate strong patient demand for the NHS Pharmacy First...
