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Information about the NHS services provided by community pharmacies in England between April 2007 and March 2018 is now available in The General Pharmaceutical Services in England: 2007/2008 to 2017/2018 report. Some headline figures are set out below:

Prescription items dispensed by community pharmacies in 2017/18: 1,013.3 million

Proportion dispensed by community pharmacies: 91.6 per cent

Community pharmacies and appliance contractors dispensed 644.4 million prescription items (63.1 per cent) via the EPS. As at March 31, 2018, 11,488 (98.9 per cent) of community pharmacies had access to the SCR.

Number of community pharmacies in 2017/18: 11,619 (down 0.7 per cent since 2016/17; up 12.7 per cent since 2007/08)

Independent community pharmacies: 4,386 (down 1.1 per cent since 2016/17; up 10.9 per cent since 2007/08).

Advanced services 2017/18

Medicines use reviews: 3.4 million provided by 11,301 pharmacies

New medicine services: 927,318 provided by 10,326 pharmacies

National flu adult vaccination services: 1.3 million provided by 8,987 pharmacies

Appliance use reviews: 50,449 provided by 203 pharmacies and appliance contractors.