CCA statement: New workforce plan expected in summer 2025
Following the announcement that a refreshed NHS workforce plan would be unveiled in summer 2025, Malcolm Harrison, Chief Executive of...
Category: Workforce
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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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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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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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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: Health and Social Care Committee report on pharmacy
The Health and Social Care Committee has issued a report on pharmacy following the conclusion of their inquiry. The CCA’s...
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CCA Statement: Urgent action required on Designated Prescribing Practitioners (DPPs)
The CCA has been closely following developments regarding changes to the initial education and training of pharmacists that will require...
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CCA welcomes plans to harness pharmacy technicians
On 28th March, the Department of Health and Social Care announced plans to enable pharmacy technicians to administer and supply...
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Pharmacy bodies launch manifesto ahead of next General Election
The Company Chemists’ Association, Community Pharmacy England, the National Pharmacy Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society have today (5 March)...
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CCA statement – Funding for the Foundation Training Year 2025/26
Commenting on the decision to increase the level of funding for each site employing a foundation trainee pharmacist in the...
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CCA statement – 46% (£387m) of all ARRS money spent on recruitment of pharmacists
In a parliamentary question, Sir John Hayes MP asked about the cost to the public purse of the Additional Roles...
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CCA comment: Backbench Business Committee debate on community pharmacy
On Thursday 14th September, MPs warned of “pharmacy wastelands”, amid the growing pharmacy closures. The Westminster Hall debate was arranged...