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One month on from the judicial review, we examine the implications of the judgment and ask what happens now?

Jeremy Hunt is prepared to engage personally with pharmacists on a manifesto pledge to make greater use of the sector in healthcare, he told Confed17

To help build on positive media coverage of the community pharmacy sector in 2016, the NPA is offering broadcast media training free of charge

Judge Justice Collins dismisses judicial reviews “with some regret” saying they were not unlawful but criticises Government

Pharmacy organisations have queued up to express their disappointment at the verdict in the High Court over the pharmacy cuts

The leaked draft Labour manifesto outlines a halt to pharmacy closures and a review of pharmacy provision

By Gareth Jones, NPA public affairs manager. A dangerous policy idea circulating in parts of Government right now is that local pharmacies can be replaced by an Amazon-style medicines service. The cuts to pharmacy funding in England are consistent with a plan to significantly reduce local provision and introduce a superficially cheaper medicines supply service based on centralised, automated dispensing hubs. This is predicated on the flawed view that pharmacy is just a distribution mechanism for product, rather than a valuable health and social care asset at the heart of local communities.

The NPA is inviting views from pharmacists on a statement of core beliefs about community pharmacy

Opinion in the sector remains deeply divided on hub and spoke, with Numark and the NPA having opposing views

Community pharmacy now waits for a ruling from the judge considering the PSNC and NPA court case

Pharmacy lawyers from Charles Russell Speechlys put together a summary of key points from the judicial review

It has emerged that Chancellor Philip Hammond wrote to the Prime Minister last August recommending that the community pharmacy network be dismantled in favour of warehouse dispensing

Pharmacy Voice has announced it will close at the end of April 2017, following the NPA’s withdrawal from the organisation that was announced in December.

The long-awaited high court hearing relating to the October 2016 funding package begins Tuesday 21 March, with PSNC and the NPA bringing their cases jointly

Ian Strachan has justified the decision of the NPA to withdraw from Pharmacy Voice

Pharmacy Voice has revealed that it is to disband following the departure of the NPA, one of its three member associations.

The NPA has launched a pharmacy business planner to help meet the challenges presented by the funding cuts  

By Richard Thomas, editor, Pharmacy Magazine. The lobbying power of the medical profession is often put down to its unity. Doctors all seem to pull in the same direction. Actually, this is largely a myth. Behind closed doors medics fight like ferrets in a sack. What they are good at, however, is managing their differences and presenting a united front. If only pharmacy could do the same. The NPA’s decision to pull out of Pharmacy Voice, which will in all likelihood spell the end of the latter, came as a blow to those who believe the sector can only benefit from having a unified voice and consistent messaging in its relations with policymakers and NHS.

NPA's split from Pharmacy Voice is a backward step for the sector, Numark’s John D’Arcy has said

The NPA is to stop funding Pharmacy Voice beyond the end of 2017, chairman Ian Strachan has announced