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The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme is contributing to current workforce challenges, says NPA

DHSC wants to "go further" than CPCS, Javid tells NPA centenary dinner.

National action plan calls for an end to "clinical inertia" with regard to COPD patients.

NPA survey shows nearly half of those surveyed see pharmacies as first contact point for minor illnesses, but a third unaware they offer flu jabs

Swann paid tribute to pharmacy teams during the NPA's centenary dinner in Northern Ireland.

The proposed voting quotas could stack the odds against independents says NPA.

The Group looking at the future representation of community pharmacy has yet to provide concrete options for change. But there’s much to like in outline proposals developed by the NPA 

It calls for more scope for collaboration between pharmacy, primary care networks and ICSs.

Current arrangement is the best option for the UK, NPA argues.

Community pharmacy is an economic driver as well as an essential clinical resource, says Mark Drakeford

CMA should “look into” hub and spoke dispensing to ensure fairness, says NPA.

Community pharmacies need to speak 'as one' to gain greater influence within primary care, a senior NHS England official has said. 

Independent pharmacies stand to reap financial benefits by participating in the Covid-19 vaccination programme, a London pharmacist has said. 

Around a fifth of community pharmacies have dealt with over 13,000 DMS referrals in the first three months of the service, NHSE reveals.

Pharmacy bodies have reacted largely positively to the improved terms offered for the reimbursement of Covid costs for pharmacies in England 

Sector leaders have called on the new health secretary to ensure community pharmacists’ skills are used to reduce pressure on the NHS and manage the backlog of care.

The NPA has joined forces with charities to create awareness of mental health services provided by pharmacies.

Over 90 per cent of community pharmacists would be eager to take part in an annual Covid-19 booster vaccination programme similar to the flu jab service given the right funding and support, a new survey shows.

Just over 89,000 people have signed an NPA petition calling on the Government to reimburse pharmacies’ Covid-related expenses.

NPA chairman Andrew Lane says conversations he has had with ministers have led him to realise how little they still know about community pharmacy.