Pharmacy needs ‘certainty’ to deliver services, claims IPF

Nick is correct in his statement, Pharmacy is on the knife edge, any more cuts in Cat M and it might be irreparable. My concern is that the PSNC and its ostrich like policy will see us there sooner rather than later.
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There is a degree of certainty inthat we know that several hundred more 100 hour contract will open and several hundred will fail,many borderline independents will also fail, and the flawed Category M mechanism will remain in place.
Until the multiples fully support organisations such a Pharmacy Voice this situation will continue.
The only constructive answer is a co-ordinated denouncement of the current contract as 'not fit for purpose' and a replacement incorporating guaranteed profit margins, nationally structured enhanced service schemes, and a sound methodology for annual uplift based primarily on the variable costs associated with increased prescription volume and any increased regulatory compliance.