Community Pharmacy England chief executive Janet Morrison has said that despite the funding uplift earlier this year, pharmacy businesses remain in a financially precarious position.
In her blog she wrote, "The funding uplift, while substantive and welcome, was only a first step towards stabilisation and economic sustainability.
Pharmacy businesses of all shapes and sizes are continuing to struggle to balance their books and to deliver high quality care under the weight of the ongoing operational challenges."
Citing the 2025 Pharmacy Pressures Survey, she said 45 percent of pharmacy owners reported they had used personal savings to support their business.
"We have heard the same from many of you about this directly at our summer regional roadshows, which have helped to shape our thinking."
She said all of this is "very much at the front of our minds as we prepare for the next round of CPCF negotiations. We have once again invested in authoritative economic projects and data analysis to build the strongest possible evidence base that reflects both the realities of pharmacy operations and the value pharmacy teams are consistently delivering."
"We have continued to raise awareness of the financial crisis that pharmacies are facing and we have been preparing a programme of Parliamentary events for September and October to once again underline to Government how much community pharmacy matters, and what you need," she added.
