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NHSE tells ICBs to increase pharmacies’ roles over next three years

Integrated care boards were urged to “embed pharmacy-first approaches” so local commissioning talks “utilise pharmacy capacity”.

28 Oct 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacies a key part of neighbourhood health services says think tank

Pharmacies, local authorities and the voluntary sector are key to implementing neighbourhood health services, says Westminster think tank Reform.

25 Mar 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacies can help ‘broken’ NHS but are struggling on few resources, warns Lord Darzi

Lord Darzi warned the total level of spending on the community pharmacy contract has fallen by eight per cent.

12 Sep 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Welsh health minister hails success of CCPS one year on

Minister hails 'significant progress' as 530,010 consultations notched up across all CCPS services in the first year following its launch, up from 412,784 in 2021-22

30 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Use pharmacy more, Tony Blair says in stark warning about future of NHS

A report by The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change today called for the expansion of the Pharmacy First scheme.

05 Jul 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy Magazine In Conversation With podcast – June 23, 2023

Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas talks to NAPC president Ash Soni about where community pharmacy really sits in an increasingly localised NHS and why the sector needs much stronger professional leadership.

22 Jun 2023 , 25 Min Article

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RPS and PDA among 40 bodies urging publication of workforce plan

The plan will set out how chronic staff shortages across the NHS can be resolved over the next five to 15 years.

31 May 2023 , 1 Min Article

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IPAs celebrate heroics of independent pharmacies in the Commons

The awards drew politicians and leading pharmacy figures and saw six hotly contested awards handed out.

03 Oct 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Javid ‘starting with pharmacy’ as he plans reforms

Pharmacy is first on the Government’s primary care reform agenda, health secretary says.

15 Jun 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Can pharmacy make the giant leap forward?

Community pharmacy could be directing healthcare that is fit for the future but the sector needs to step up.

28 Mar 2022 , 5 Min Article

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ICS official start date may be pushed back to July 2022

Tight parliamentary timetable for Health and Care Bill given as reason for delay

22 Dec 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy and the new NHS

The first in a series on community pharmacy and the changing NHS landscape.

30 Sep 2021 , 2 Min Article

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