Press
The CCA regularly features in the national, broadcast, and trade press to promote our unrivalled insights, to set out our progressive proposals for the future and to hold decision makers to account. Our research and analyses drives the news agenda and our work is regularly cited by journalists, Parliamentarians, leading think-tanks, and fellow pharmacy stakeholders.
‘Pharmacies under most pressure in deprived parts of the North as GPs shut’
iNews reported on the CCA’s analysis that nearly twice as many Pharmacy First consultations occurred in the most deprived communities than in the least deprived ones.

‘Pharmacies could cut hours or close as a result of Budget measures, leaders warn’
The Independent covered the joint letter to the Health Secretary on the 2024 Autumn Budget that the CCA signed expressing fear that, without mitigation, the budget measures could push many pharmacies towards insolvency.
‘Hundreds of chemists close over lack of funding but Government wants them to help GPs’
The Mirror highlighted the CCA’s report that the equivalent of 3.4 million community pharmacy opening hours have been lost each year since September 2022 due to underfunding.
‘Huge change to NHS prescriptions kicks in today as pharmacists warn of a ‘dark day’ for patients’
The Daily Mail reported on the CCA’s Pharmacy First analysis which noted that 92% of patients eligible for the service received the treatment they needed within a pharmacy, without the need for further referral.