Assisted Dying Bill: Reaction to passing of amendment exempting pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
Today, an amendment was passed on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill which would, amongst other things, exempt...
Category: Position Statements
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CCA statement: Community pharmacy contract negotiations begin for 2025/26
Following the announcement that discussions have started on the 2024/25 and 2025/26 funding contractual framework, Malcolm Harrison, Chief Executive of...
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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 statement – Impact of GP collective action on pharmacies
Following the confirmation that GPs will undertake collective action Malcolm Harrison, Chief Executive of the Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) said:...
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Open letter by the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health
The CCA has joined 60 other organisations and 800 clinicians in signing the FSRH open letter by Dr Janet Barter,...
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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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CCA statement – Conservative Party Manifesto
The Conservative Party Manifesto which commits to: “Expand Pharmacy First, including for menopause support, contraception and treatment for chest infections, freeing...
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Statement: Allowing pharmacy technicians to supply and administer medicines under Patient Group Directions (PGDs).
Amendments to the Human Medicines Regulations were laid before Parliament at the end of May. The changes will allow registered...
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CCA statement: Liberal Democrat manifesto
The Liberal Democrats have published their manifesto earlier today and it pledges to: Free up GPs’ time “by giving more...
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Open letter urges political parties to adopt six-point plan for community pharmacy
The Chief Executives of Community Pharmacy England, the Company Chemists’ Association, the National Pharmacy Association and the Chair of the...
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CCA statement: Hub and spoke consultation outcome
Responding to the hub and spoke consultation outcome (13th May), CCA Chief Executive Malcolm Harrison said: “We welcome the long-awaited...
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CCA comment – Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund ‘A vision for Community Pharmacy’
Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund have published ‘A Vision for Community Pharmacy’. It sets out the scale of ambition...
