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Help or hindrance?: GP practices and PCNs to be paid to train pharmacists

 
• By Kate Bowie and James Stent

The Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA) has announced that both general practices and primary care networks (PCNs) will be eligible for “lead employer” trainee pharmacist funding from 2025/26.

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Community pharmacists and sector bodies were split on the impact of the news
Kate Bowie

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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

James Stent

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James Stent joined C+D as a digital reporter in May 2023 from the South African human rights news agency GroundUp, where he was senior reporter and consultant editor.

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