Yesterday (November 16), NHS England (NHSE) and the Department of Health and Social Care (DH) finally announced the details of how it will divide up its £645 million investment in community pharmacy services over two years, first announced as part of the primary care recovery plan in May.
As part of a raft of new information about community pharmacy funding in England, the government also revealed the start dates for the much-anticipated national Pharmacy First service and the expanded pharmacy contraception service.
The main headlines include:
- Launch dates announced for Pharmacy First and contraception services
- Leadsom: ‘Laying the foundations for better-supported pharmacies’
- Pharmacy First funding breakdown: Upfront, monthly and consultation fees
- ‘Building blocks for a clinical future’: CPE boss on primary care plan reforms
- ‘Huge vote of confidence’: Sector reacts to the primary care recovery plan details
- DH and NHSE ‘rejected’ contraception service fee uplift, says CPE
- CPCS to be ‘replaced’ by Pharmacy First service from February
- Pharmacy First service can be delivered remotely 'where safe to do so'
- Pharmacy First: Pharmacists ‘not a substitute' for doctors, say top GPs
- Pharmacy First, contraception and BP check services ‘bundled’ from 2025
- Pharmacy First to be ‘closely monitored’ for antimicrobial resistance risk
- ‘Sustainable footing’: Pharmacy First funding writes off £112m clawback
- MPs urged to bring Pharmacy First launch forward for winter
- Pharmacy First IT updates: Pharmacists to have greater GP records access
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