CCA audit finds that pharmacy teams help protect unborn babies from harms of sodium valproate
Date: 28 November 2019 Nearly 6,500 community pharmacies have taken part in the two-part audit to explore the contribution of...
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CCA and AIM launch audit on non-supply of self-care products to patients
Date: 27 November 2019 The CCA and AIM are encouraging community pharmacies of all sizes to take part in a...
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Better integration vital to boost pharmacy’s prevention role, say CCA and AIM
The Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) and the Association of Independent Multiples (AIM) have called for the national commissioning of smoking...
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Serious Shortage Protocols for fluoxetine
Serious Shortage Protocols (SSP) have been issued today (3 October) for three forms and strengths of the antidepressant fluoxetine. This...
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Malcolm’s September LPC rep update
Malcolm Harrison, Chief Executive of the CCA As we continue to review and refine how and what we send out...
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CCA response to Community pharmacy drug reimbursement reforms
The CCA responded to proposals by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) which intend to reform some of...
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Joint statement on medicines supply
Co-signed by the CCA, AIM, NPA, PSNC and RPS We recognise that some patients and members of the public are...
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CCA supports cross-sector pharmacy prevention event at party conferences
Four organisations representing the entire community pharmacy sector are meeting with parliamentarians and other key stakeholders at this year’s party...
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CCA supports new GPhC approach to publishing inspection results
The GPhC has today (17 September) taken a new approach to publishing the inspection results of licensed pharmacies. Malcolm Harrison,...
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Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS)
Community pharmacies in England are being encouraged to register to deliver the NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) from 2...
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Pharmacy funding settlement is an “encouraging direction of travel”
A five-year funding framework for community pharmacy has been published today by the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC), Department of...
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Community pharmacy shortlisted for prestigious HSJ Patient Safety Award
Several of the Medication Safety Officers (MSOs) from the cross-sector Community Pharmacy Patient Safety Group (CPPSG) attended the HSJ Patient...