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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NHSE must commission pharmacies to administer more vaccines to reverse worrying trends in uptake
A new report by the Company Chemists’ Association urges NHS England to commission pharmacies to deliver more vaccinations, to reverse...
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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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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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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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Statement: Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey 2023
The CCA issued the following statement in response to the Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey 2023: Malcolm Harrison, Chief Executive of...
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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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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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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...
