Community Pharmacy England (CPE) - News updates

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has entered consultation with Community Pharmacy England on the 2026/27 Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF). A letter signalling the start of the formal negotiations process was sent to Community Pharmacy England this week. Detailed discussions begin immediately and will cover funding, service changes and other arrangements for [...] The post Negotiations on 2026/27 Contractual Framework commence appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (27/02/2026) confirmed the following list of price concessions for February 2026: Please note: Community Pharmacy England has submitted price concession applications for a number of other medicines affected by pricing issues this month. We will issue further updates as soon as we hear back from the Department.  [...] The post February 2026 Price Concessions 4th Update appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

From 1 June 2026, the Manage Your Service (MYS) will be the only route to notify ICBs of temporary suspensions/closures. This week, NHS England announced that it was giving advance notice of changes to the approved manner of reporting temporary suspensions of service or likely temporary suspensions of service (temporary closures) to ICBs. The changes [...] The post Changes to the reporting of Temporary Suspensions appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England is taking steps to tackle inappropriate EPS pharmacy nomination practices and service direction, which contravene the principles of patient choice. Since concerns around certain IT functionality allowing automatic re-nomination (without patient consent) and the direction of services were first raised last year, our Regulatory and IT experts have been working to address [...] The post Clamping down on inappropriate EPS nomination and service direction appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England has released an IT update bulletin ahead of the Community Pharmacy IT Group’s (CP ITG) Spring meeting. Developments which will be discussed at the meeting include: Update on EPS Patient Nomination Protocols and required system changes: NHS England has shared a draft version of revisions to their Patient Nomination Protocols with the [...] The post Pharmacy IT workstreams update published as IT group meets appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (26/02/2026) confirmed the following list of price concessions for February 2026: Please note: Community Pharmacy England has submitted price concession applications for a number of other medicines affected by pricing issues this month. We will issue further updates as soon as we hear back from [...] The post February 2026 Price Concessions 3rd Update appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Department of Health and Social Care, the UK Health Security Agency and NHS England have jointly published the national flu vaccination programme letter today (26th February 2026) for the 2026/27 season. Eligible cohorts There are no changes to the eligible cohorts for the 2026/27 season. Timing As in the 2025/26 season, from 1st September [...] The post Annual flu letter for 2026/27 published appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Co-trimoxazole 40mg/200mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free and Co-trimoxazole 80mg/400mg/5ml oral suspension MSN/2026/016 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 25 February 2026 Co-trimoxazole 40mg/200mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free will be out of stock from mid-March until June 2026. Co-trimoxazole 80mg/400mg/5ml [...] The post Medicine Supply Notification: Co-trimoxazole 40mg/200mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free and Co-trimoxazole 80mg/400mg/5ml oral suspension appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

NHS England have published a guide to support vaccinations sites who intend to participate in the seasonal spring 2026 programme for COVID-19 vaccination. The guide outlines how providers should deliver the Spring 2026 COVID‑19 vaccination programme, including operational processes, eligible groups, system usage, supply arrangements, and payment mechanisms. The guide is available via the NHS [...] The post Seasonal vaccination provider guide published appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The reimbursement prices for the first 11 multi-source products moving from Category C to the new Category H have been published in the March 2026 Drug Tariff. Prices for 6 products have increased whereas 5 products have seen a decrease compared to their previous Category C prices. Ursodeoxycholic acid 500mg tablets (100) has the largest [...] The post Prices for first 11 Category H products published in the March 2026 Drug Tariff appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.