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...
Category: Funding and investment
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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: 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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Budget to cost pharmacies £200 million without mitigation, pharmacy bodies warn
Increases to employers National Insurance contributions and the National Living Wage will cost community pharmacies £200 million a year in...
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CCA statement: RPS report on medicine shortages
Following publication of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s report on medicine shortages, Malcolm Harrison, Chief Executive of the CCA said: “We...
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Statement on the Autumn Budget 2024
Following the Autumn Budget 2024, Malcolm Harrison, Chief Executive of the CCA said: “Pharmacy businesses are very concerned about how measures...
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Press release: Over 6 million hours of pharmacy access lost due to closures and reduced opening hours
Almost 64,000 hours of community pharmacy weekly opening hours were lost between September 2022 and June 2024 – equivalent to...
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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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CCA statement – Healthwatch England report on pharmacy closures
Following publication of Healthwatch England’s report on pharmacy closures, Company Chemists’ Chief Executive Malcolm Harrison said: “Healthwatch’s report rightly highlights...
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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...
