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Expand Pharmacy First to meet demand for urgent care, CCA says

Community pharmacies in England could treat a wider range of urgent care conditions, with further expansion supported by independent prescribing, workforce investment and improved digital integration.

Royal College Pharmacy
News

Discussion on pharmacy technician membership of Royal College will be “collaborative”

APTUK President hopes for a positive outcome on pharmacy technician inclusion

Shingles treatment
Pharmacy Business & Finance

NPA: seven in ten unaware pharmacies can prescribe shingles treatment

The NPA marks the annual Ask Your Pharmacist Week campaign, running from 2 to 9 November, to encourage people to make greater use of the healthcare services available through local pharmacies

Experts call for continuous support for smoking cessation
News

Experts call for continuous support for smoking cessation

Quix Labs discussion calls for consistent engagement and stronger collaboration between healthcare professionals to make England smokefree by 2030

Price concession for 248 products in September
News

Price concession for 248 products in September; includes hypertension, diabetes drugs

Pharmacy owners are often forced to purchase medicines without knowing whether the NHS will fully reimburse the price

Malcolm Harrison
Opinion

Community pharmacy is ready to play a bigger part in delivering clinical care

Some contractors choose to provide clinical services despite knowing they are loss-making. This is not sustainable, says the CCA’s Malcolm Harrison

Malcolm Harrison
Pharmacy First consultations in NHS Hampshire and the Isle of Wight surges 42%

Pharmacy First consultations in NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight surges 42%

Community pharmacies in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight delivered nearly 87,000 Pharmacy First consultations between April and July 2026, as against 61,000 last year

Pharmacy First is a logical progression for a profession whose clinical role has been steadily expanding.
Opinion

Pharmacy First is expanding…so why are we still holding pharmacists back?

GPs will always be essential. So will pharmacists. The future of primary care should not be a battle over who owns the patient, says Jeremy Meader

Jeremy Meader