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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