Community Pharmacy England (CPE) - News updates

Pharmacy owners can download a Prescription Item Report (PIR) each month via the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Information Services Portal (ISP). These reports can help you to: view a breakdown of payments for individual products supplied each month reconcile your monthly payments against claims submitted for NHS prescriptions and for certain NHS services investigate [...] The post Reminder: Prescription Item Reports: Your monthly breakdown of NHS payments appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England partnered with think tank Re:State to host a roundtable discussion at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester this week, at which community pharmacy’s role in the future health service was once again backed. The roundtable asked: ‘The NHS in transition: Can community and primary care lead the shift?’ and we were delighted [...] The post Pharmacy’s role backed at Conservative Conference event appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Several years ago, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), in partnership with the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), charities and organisations from across health and social care, launched a campaign to raise awareness of the risk of severe and fatal burns with paraffin-containing and paraffin-free emollients. This news story is to remind pharmacy [...] The post Emollients: risk of severe and fatal burns with paraffin-containing and paraffin-free emollients appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Last month we provided pharmacy owners with initial information on the two national health campaigns that they must undertake in 2025/26. The final details for the campaigns have now been agreed with DHSC and NHS England. Campaign details All pharmacies will need to participate in both the campaigns, using relevant materials to promote the Pharmacy [...] The post National health campaigns for 2025/26 – final details appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has identified a very small number of pharmacies that are declaring consistently and significantly above their actual number of prescription items dispensed each month when submitting their FP34C declaration via the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal. Given the Government’s obligations for Managing Public Money, the Department of Health and Social [...] The post Changes to Advance payments for pharmacies that consistently over-declare items on FP34C appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

As part of the reform to the initial education and training of pharmacists (IETP), NHS England has taken on delegated responsibilities from the General Pharmaceutical Council for the delivery and management of the Foundation Trainee Pharmacist Programme (FTPP) in England. This includes providing funding to each site in England that has had a foundation trainee pharmacist [...] The post 2025/26 Foundation Trainee Pharmacist funding increase appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

NHS England and the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) have announced the launch of the Pharmacy technician development programme: Preparing for the future. The programme is designed to build confidence and support pharmacy technicians to develop their skills to deliver a wider range of services, now and into the future. Participants will be supported [...] The post Pharmacy technician development programme – Applications now open appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

BBC News, The Independent  Pharmacy teams have faced major issues in recent days, with many patients booking COVID-19 vaccinations through the National Booking System (NBS) despite not being eligible this winter. Only those aged 75 and over, and younger patients with weakened immune systems, qualify for free boosters this year. Read our news story for [...] The post Pharmacies facing angry and confused patients over Covid jab eligibility appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Pharmacy teams first reported major issues to us on 1st and 2nd October related to large numbers of patients booking COVID-19 vaccinations via the National Booking System (NBS) who are not eligible for the vaccine this winter. Over the last week we have been working with NHS England to try to address this unacceptable situation [...] The post C-19 vac eligibility – resources to help pharmacy teams (updated 8th Oct) appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Pharmacy owners or their representatives are asked to complete an NHS England survey to support development of the NHS App. The survey is seeking views and information from pharmacy teams to help inform the future development of the NHS App, including use of scan-to-shelf technology for completed prescriptions awaiting collection by the patient and questions [...] The post Share your views: NHS App development and scan-to-shelf appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.