Just over 89,000 people have signed an NPA petition calling on the Government to reimburse pharmacies’ Covid-related expenses.

Pharmacists want to lead on an annual service similar to flu jabs, but have concerns around capacity and policymakers' attitudes, new data shows.

NPA chairman Andrew Lane says conversations he has had with ministers have led him to realise how little they still know about community pharmacy.

Pharmacies are vital in the battle to beat Covid so it is exasperating that we are still having to argue for fair funding, says NPA board member Reena Barai.

NPA members are concerned about Pharmacy2U's “potentially misleading advertising" on the ES directory. 

Medicspot partnership will help member pharmacies comply with new guidance on supplying test kits, says NPA

A distinct trend towards reduced reporting of patient safety incidents by pharmacies has continued throughout the Covid-19 pandemic says the NPA.

Numark and Phoenix UK have urged Boris Johnson to back up his words of encouragement for pharmacy.

NPA chairman Andrew Lane said members are considering striking over Treasury's reluctance to write off £370 million in advanced funding.

Rishi Sunak was told by NPA Board member Raj Patel that pharmacy funding must improve.

The NPA’s 100th anniversary this year coincides with a period of time that may well be seen as pharmacy’s proudest hour, says chairman Andrew Lane.

Sixty-five community pharmacy-led vaccination sites have this week become part of the coronavirus vaccination programme in England.

Domestic abuse victims can turn to pharmacies for help as part of an initiative that launches today.  

Both the National Pharmacy Association and Royal Pharmaceutical Society have begun celebrations for key milestones.

Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch has said people at risk of missing out on a Covid vaccine will get one.

A petition urging the government to cover costs incurred by pharmacies during Covid-19 is gathering pace.

MPs and Lords warn that “irreversible damage” will be done to England’s pharmacy network unless the Government offers urgent financial support.

By NPA chairman, Andrew Lane. This has been a year most of us would like to forget but there are some rays of hope for community pharmacy as the news came through that the first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been administered to 90-year-old Margaret Keenan in Coventry. So in the spirit of optimism that seems appropriate on this ‘V Day’, I have identified some rays of hope for community pharmacy too.

A month after launching a new scheme entitled ‘Kickstart’, the NPA has already reached 400 placements.

The NPA has urged Rishi Sunak to set aside some of the £3 billion for the NHS to support pharmacies.