The government has announced that the pharmacy quality scheme (PQS) will be “reinstated” in 2025/26 as part of the new funding deal but is “smaller than usual”. Molly Bowcott joined C+D as a digital ...

The new pharmacy funding deal has revealed incoming changes to the medicines margin, including plans for an “early entry” Category M process. Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 ...

The government has announced that pharmacies in England will be able to undergo an “application process” to change the days and times of their core opening hours to “better serve their patients”.

Rules that would have required pharmacies to provide three services in order to qualify for a fixed monthly payment have been delayed by two months. Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in ...

Changes to the Pharmacy First service are set to come into force from June, while increased fees will be paid from today, as part of the new pharmacy contract. Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital ...

Molly Bowcott joined C+D as a digital reporter in October 2024 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She previously worked as a news reporter at the U.S. Sun, ...

Details of the long-awaited pharmacy contract deal have revealed single activity fee uplifts, a one-off £193 million historic margin write-off and plans “to redesign the whole payment timetable”. Kate ...

The government has announced that it will expand the pharmacy contraception service (PCS), making the morning-after pill “available free of charge” at pharmacies in England. Molly Bowcott joined C+D ...

James Halliwell joined C+D as editor-in-chief in February 2024. A business journalist for the last 15 years, he’s looking forward to developing the bond between C+D and its readers and bringing them ...

Reaction to the funding contract from pharmacy groups has been mixed, from demands for the CPE executive team to “immediately resign" to describing it as a “vital lifeline”.

It is a step forward, but set against the backdrop of the economic analysis it’s just not enough to help community pharmacy release itself from the financial blackhole it has been placed in.

C+D rounds up the immediate reaction to the new CPCF funding contract from pharmacy trade bodies, politicians, and the CPE negotiating team.