Exclusive video interview: Janet Morrison: ‘If it’s a bad deal...’

C+D sat down with CPE chief exec Janet Morrison at The Pharmacy Show to talk funding negotiations, whether Labour or the Conservatives have been better for community pharmacy, and if the £500k spent on consultants represents good value for CPE.

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Morrison: "That's not £500,000 spent on negotiations"

During a busy weekend in Birmingham at The Pharmacy Show, C+D met with Community Pharmacy England’s (CPE) chief executive Janet Morrison.

Morrison talks about when contract negotiations will start, whether a one-year or multi-year deal is better, and whether Labour or the Conservatives has been better for community pharmacy.

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We also go into whether anything less than a 19% uplift on the next contract would be a failure, and was the £517,787 spent on consultants good value for money for CPE.

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You can see Morrison’s quickfire answers along with other leaders and workers in the community pharmacy sector from The Pharmacy Show on our Instagram channel.

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Ben Lee joined C+D in June 2024 and writes news, features and interviews, as well as producing video and podcasts. He played an integral part in C+D winning the 2025 PPA Community Engagement Award.

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