Only 9,999 bricks-and-mortar pharmacies remained in England at the end of March, NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) data has revealed. Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 ...

The pharmacy negotiator estimates some £296m of remaining primary care recovery plan funding “will have been used by NHS England (NHSE) in other ways”, C+D has learned. Kate Bowie joined C+D as a ...

Following this week’s announcement of the long-awaited pharmacy funding deal, C+D has learned that contractors have already received the additional £106 million in retrospective funding for 2024/25.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DH) and Community Pharmacy England (CPE) this week (March 31) announced that antidepressants will be added to the new medicine service (NMS) under the 2025/26 ...

'The sector is under tremendous financial pressure, but the measures we’re announcing today will go a long way to mitigating those pressures and help get the sector back onto an even keel.' James ...

Changes to the Pharmacy First service are set to come into force from June, while increased fees will be paid from today, as part of the new pharmacy contract. Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital ...

The NPA has said that it will “consult” its members on whether collective action will go ahead from tomorrow following the government’s announcement of a £3 billion funding deal for 2025/26.

James Halliwell joined C+D as editor-in-chief in February 2024. A business journalist for the last 15 years, he’s looking forward to developing the bond between C+D and its readers and bringing them ...

Rules that would have required pharmacies to provide three services in order to qualify for a fixed monthly payment have been delayed by two months. Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in ...

The government has announced that it will expand the pharmacy contraception service (PCS), making the morning-after pill “available free of charge” at pharmacies in England. Molly Bowcott joined C+D ...

Details of the long-awaited pharmacy contract deal have revealed single activity fee uplifts, a one-off £193 million historic margin write-off and plans “to redesign the whole payment timetable”. Kate ...

The government has announced that the pharmacy quality scheme (PQS) will be “reinstated” in 2025/26 as part of the new funding deal but is “smaller than usual”. Molly Bowcott joined C+D as a digital ...