On the second day of The Pharmacy Show in Birmingham earlier this week, C+D met with its Political Pills columnist Steve Brine after he held a session with Community Pharmacy England’s (CPE) chief executive Janet Morrison.
Read more: Exclusive video interview: Janet Morrison: ‘If it’s a bad deal...’
The former Conservative MP and chair of the parliamentary health and social care committee (HSCC) discussed whether getting rid of NHS England was a good idea, if pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock has done a good job so far, and whether a one-year or multi-year deal is better for the next pharmacy contract.
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Elsewhere at The Pharmacy Show, C+D sat down with CPE’s Janet Morrison for an exclusive video interview on funding, whether anything less than a 19% uplift on the next contract would be a failure, and if the £517,787 spent on consultants was good value for money for CPE.
Read more: Political Pills: LIVE at the Labour conference - ‘CPE’s CEO is honest... and she’s not wrong’
You can see some of the community pharmacy sector’s leaders and workers answer some quickfire questions at The Pharmacy Show on our Instagram channel.
Steve Brine is a consultant, podcaster, trustee, former MP for Winchester & chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee.
