CPE Newsletters
February 12: Pressures Survey open until end of month; Pricing adjustments secured; Our new guidance on EPS token submission; MHRA notice for Lansoprazole
February 10: Last chance to register for Data Security Toolkit webinar; Pharmacy research views sought; Complete the Pressures Survey; NHSBSA ‘Hints & Tips’; Quetiapine medicine supply notification
February 07: Patients needed for case studies; Supplying PERT preparations; Support for survivors of sexual assault; Tell us about the challenges you and your pharmacy are facing
February 05: Register now for our Data Security Toolkit webinar; GPhC updates online pharmacy guidance; Scheduled MYS maintenance; Nitrofurantoin capsules recall; Have you completed the Pressures Survey?
February 03: Pressures Survey – Keep your responses coming in; Updating your pharmacy’s NHS profile; Dispensing and Supply updates.
January 31: Support for Pharmacy First on its anniversary; Video guide to ‘FS’ endorsed items; Professional leadership webinars; Dispensing and Supply updates
January 29: MPs engage in ‘Future of Primary Care’ event; Peers highlight critical issues for pharmacies; Dispensing and Supply updates.
January 28: Government opens discussions with Community Pharmacy England over 25/26 funding contract
January 27: Data Security webinar coming soon; Price adjustments for Gaviscon Infant sachets; Leqvio® orders clarification; Help us gather evidence on pharmacy pressures
January 22: Help demonstrate impact of pharmacy pressures; Pharmacy First myth busting series; Share your views on pharmacy research; Dry Cough Relief recall
January 20: Data Security & Protection Toolkit webinar; Please take part in this year’s Pressures Survey; Pharmacy First myth busting series; Dispensing and Supply updates
January 17: 2025 Pressures Survey now open; Data Security & Protection Toolkit guidance; Scheduled MYS maintenance; SSP updates
January 15: Our CEO’s latest update; Pharmacy First myth busting series; Pharmacy IT survey; Supply notice for Xylocaine®
January 13: Tell MPs the impact of medicines shortages; Early advance payment timetable; Important CPCF dates; Call for patients views on Pharmacy First
January 10: CEO update; Government responds to Health Committee’s pharmacy report; Provider assurance of flu vacs; Trainee pharmacist recruitment 2026-27; Supply updates
January 08: Parliamentarians voice support for the sector; Tell MPs the impact of medicines shortages; OPD resources; Pharmacy First myth busting series; NovoRapid® FlexTouch® supply
January 06: Pressures Survey 2025; Pharmacy First myth busting series; New Pharmacy Regulations Briefing; CPPE pharmacy technician programme; Research on long COVID
January 03: Our recent influencing work; Pharmacy First thresholds; Useful reminders
December 30: Extended FP34C submission deadline for December; OPD starts from January; Our strategy for community pharmacy; Dispensing updates (inc concessions); Foundation Pharmacist training notice
December 23: Christmas and New Year; Pressures Survey 2025 coming soon; What we’ve been doing for you; our impact in 2023/24
December 20: Reaction to DHSC announcement on 2025/26 GP contract; Health Secretary pledges support for the sector; MHRA guidance on Windsor Framework; Dispensing and Supply updates.
December 18: MPs call for increased funding for the sector; Christmas and New Year newsletter schedule; Pharmacy IT survey
December 16: What we’ve been doing for you; Spring 2025 C-19 vaccination campaign; Reminder to update NHS Profile Manager
December 13: CPCF Negotiations update from our CEO; Call for patient views on Pharmacy First; Dispensing and Supply Updates
December 11: Non-CCA multiple observers join Community Pharmacy England Committee; Cefalexin oral suspension SSPs; Puberty blockers ban to become indefinite; Important CPCF dates
December 09: New Pharmacy First resources; Respond to mandatory workforce survey now; Update Your NHS Smartcard; WockAIR Recall
December 06: MPs warn Budget will harm community pharmacies; NHSE wellbeing support; Detained Estate prescribers to begin using EPS; Dispensing and Supply Updates
December 04: Call for immediate funding to prevent sector collapse; CPCF Negotiations update; Our NHS 10-Year Plan submission; Windsor Framework webinar
December 02: Original Pack Dispensing resources; Mandatory workforce survey closes next week; MHRA Webinar on Windsor Framework
November 29: Pharmacy bodies warn Health Secretary over £200m hit from Autumn Budget; Guidance on engaging with your MPs; Have your say on Pharmacy IT; Dispensing and Supply updates.
November 27: Government urged to tackle medicines shortages; MHRA Webinar on Windsor Framework; Dispensing and Supply Updates
November 25: Last chance to register for NHS Plan webinar; Two weeks to complete mandatory workforce survey; NHS Pharmacy First campaign materials; Dispensing and Supply Updates
November 22: Gathering patient views on Pharmacy First; Pushing for Budget mitigations; First line flu vac still available for 65+ cohort; Have you registered for our upcoming webinars?
November 20: All you need to know about ‘FS’ prescriptions; NHSE seeks views on central flu vac procurement; Webinars on OPD and NHS Plan; Levobunolol eye drops supply
November 18: Don’t miss our upcoming OPD webinar; Mandatory workforce survey reminder; Shape future of NCRS; Job opportunity at Community Pharmacy England
November 15: Join our NHS Plan webinars; Reminder to inform costs review; New video: Dispensing and Claiming SSPs; Dispensing and Supply updates.
November 13: Our push for Budget mitigations; MPs demand Health Sec supports pharmacy; NHS reforms package response; More time to inform costs review; Shape future of NCRS
November 11: LPCs and wider stakeholders consider outlook for pharmacy; Join our NHS Plan webinars; Give your Hints & Tips feedback
November 08: Pharmacy First campaign returns next week; Last chance to inform review of sector costs; Dispensing and Supply updates
November 06: Get ready for OPD with our upcoming webinar; Mandatory workforce survey underway; SPS releases Pharmacy First clinical podcasts; MHRA Drug Safety Update
November 04: NHS 10-Year Plan webinars; Impact on Budget to Pharmacies; Poll to feed into Committee Meeting closing tonight; NHSBSA Hints & Tips
November 01: Help inform review of sector costs; Winter Pressures poll closing on Monday; Provision of C-19 vacs from April 2025; Dispensing and Supply updates
October 30: Autumn Budget announced; Huge increase in patient demand for pharmacy advice
October 28: One week left to complete the Winter Pressures poll; Flu vac promotional resources; Pharmacy First myth busting; Parasolve (Paracetamol) MHRA defect notice
October 25: Deadline: Non-CCA multiples invited to join Community Pharmacy England Committee; Help inform review of sector costs; Black History Month; Dispensing and Supply updates
October 23: Community Pharmacy England engaging with national health conversation; Mandatory workforce survey opens; Share your views on winter pressures; Phenobarbital Bristol Labs tablets recall
October 21: Pharmacy owners asked to share winter concerns; Reminder to help inform review of sector costs; Dispensing and Supply updates
October 19: Critical staffing pressures in Community Pharmacies hitting patients, Pressures Survey confirms
October 18: Pharmacy recognition in Parliament; Coroner’s report learnings; Monomax® 60XL SSP extension
October 16: Our Pharmacy Show highlights; MHRA Webinar on Windsor Framework; Supply notification for NovoRapid® FlexTouch®
October 14: Pharmacy First threshold changes for rest of year; Help inform review of sector costs; Learn how we improved our impact in 2023/24; Pharmacy First myth busting
October 11: Explore our latest annual report; COVID-19 booster advice for Pharmacy staff; Expiry of Chemydur SSP; Ask for ANI and Safe Spaces update; Visit stand #J68 at the Pharmacy Show
October 09: Help inform review of sector costs; Prime Minister positive about community pharmacies; Non-CCA multiples invited to join Community Pharmacy England Committee; Improved price for Metformin 500mg MR tablets
October 07: Talk to us at the upcoming Pharmacy Show; Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship Funding; #ActNow wellbeing campaign returns; Help Improve Regulation of Nutritional Products
October 04: Our CEO reflects on sector engagement and planning for the future; LPC Chairs Forum convened; DHSC Hub and Spoke update; Pharmacy First myth busting
October 02: See how we’re fighting pharmacy’s corner; October Category M prices; Workforce Survey results; Dispensing and Supply updates; Pharmacists needed for COPD study
September 30: Pharmacy First thresholds; Our 2023/24 Annual Report; Oxbryta tablets recall
September 27: Our response to Pharmacy Closures in England report; Market Entry application changes; CPAF Questionnaire; Dispensing and Supply updates
September 25: World Pharmacists Day; Anticoagulant safety evaluation; DHSC publishes consultation response on Drug Tariff changes
September 23: Our presence at the Labour Party Conference; Help NHSE understand pharmacy IT needs; Funding & Reimbursement Shorts
September 20: Committee discuss CPCF and Spending Review outlook; APPG for Pharmacy reforms; PharmOutcomes: Action for pharmacy owners; Supply route changes for Nexplanon®
September 18: Flu vac start reminder; Pharmacy IT Group update; Class 3 Medicines Recall
September 16: Find us at the Pharmacy Show; Important CPCF dates; MHRA Webinar on Windsor Framework
September 13: NHS Review highlights pharmacy’s potential; MPs back pharmacies; Notify of Temporary Suspensions via MYS; Dispensing and Supply updates
September 11: MPs attend Community Pharmacy drop-in event; Pricing adjustments; Flu vac reminder
September 09: MPs to be briefed about pharmacy; Our submission to NHS review; Rivaroxaban tablets reimbursement
September 07: Countdown to the Pharmacy Show 2024:
September 06: New SSPs issued for Isosorbide Mononitrate; Flu vac start date; New OPD rules for Jan 2025; Further mpox guidance; Valproate use advice
September 04: Ministerial Team briefed by Community Pharmacy England; NHSE issues guidance on early prison releases; Important CPCF dates; Help shape EDI Improvement Plan
September 02: New animation calls on MPs to support pharmacies; Learn about our strategy for the future; September price concessions notice
August 30: Pharmacy First thresholds; Rivaroxaban tablets reimbursement; Restrictions on puberty blockers extended; MHRA Webinar on Windsor Framework
August 28: Growing risk of closures outlined in new Pressures Survey report; Drug Tariff Watch; Dispensing and Supply updates
August 23: Pharmacy First myth busting; Economic Analysis of Community Pharmacy; Detained Estate prescribers to use EPS; Medicine supply notices
August 21: Hear about our plans for the future; Flu vac booking via NBS; Funding & Reimbursement Shorts; Pharmacy First thresholds poll open until Monday
August 19: One week left to have your say on Pharmacy First thresholds; Pharmacy First myth busting; NHSmail MFA rollout; Fingolimod Hard Capsules recall.
August 16: C-19 and flu vac to start on 3rd October; Pharmacy First myth busting; Advice issued on mpox virus; Feed into our next Committee meeting; MHRA notices
August 14: Sector challenges fed into NHS review; Pharmacy First myth busting; Planning for community pharmacy’s future; Celebrating South Asian Heritage Month
August 12: Engage with your local MPs about pharmacy issues; Share your views on Pharmacy First thresholds; MHRA notices
August 09: Strategy for pharmacy’s future; Pharmacy First thresholds poll; Rivaroxaban tablets reimbursement; IP courses
August 07: Pricing adjustments; Protests across England: Advice for pharmacies; LFD service resources; Dispensing and Supply Updates.
August 05: Further light shone on impact of pharmacy pressures; Products added to DND list; CPPE ACPT programme update; Lagevrio® shelf-life extension.
August 02: Support for pharmacies amidst GP action; Flu vac Oct start date resources; Dispensing and Supply updates
July 31: Representation changes complete; Price concessions explainer; NHSmail MFA rollout from August; Atomoxetine Hard Capsules recall.
July 30: Change to August Pharmacy First monthly threshold
July 29: Imposed Category M adjustments from August; CPAF screening closes 31st July; Medicines to be removed from HRT PPC list
July 26: Latest on CPCF Negotiations; Updated Approved Particulars; Last few days for CPAF screening; Dispensing and Supply updates
July 24: Learn about our work and future plans; NHSE seeks feedback on CPCF services; MHRA drug safety update
July 22: Future of pharmacy online event; Update on global IT issues that affected some pharmacies; CPAF screening closing soon
July 19: June Committee highlights; Global IT issues affect some pharmacies; Last few weeks for CPAF screening; Dispensing and Supply updates.
July 17: Our CEO invites you to our regional events; Tick bites and Lyme disease resources; Dispensing and Supply updates
July 15: New Pharmacy Minister announced; Call to join the NHSE’s CPCF evaluation; EOI opens for C-19 vacs service additional capacity.
July 12: What next for community pharmacy: regional events continue
July 10: Health Secretary sets out plan to improve health system; Delay to updated Approved Particulars; MHRA notice for Propantheline Tablets
July 08: Flu vac PGD published by NHSE; CPAF screening survey open for completion; Hear our strategy for the future of the sector
July 05: Labour form new government
July 03: Pharmacy First message from our CEO; CPAF screening survey now open; July Category M prices; Market Exit processing change; Dispensing and Supply updates
July 01: What next for community pharmacy?
June 28: Please submit your audit data; CPCF deadlines on Sunday; DMS claim period to be extended; CPAF screening survey; GP Connect: Update Record rolling out from today
June 26: Last chance to support our Advice Audit; Update your NHS Profile Manager by Sunday; EOI submission deadline for C-19 vacs service; Regulatory updates
June 24: Attend our regional roadshows in July; Data Security & Protection Toolkit deadline on Sunday; Dispensing and Supply updates
June 21: Please support the Pharmacy Advice Audit
June 19: Engagement events to begin in the North East; Pharmacy First data analysis; New IT to streamline Pharmacy First referrals; CPPE common conditions e-learning; Dispensing and Supply updates.
June 17: Election work update; EOI submission deadline for C-19 vacs service; Take part in our extended Advice Audit; Reminder: Important CPCF dates webpage
June 14: Inform our work; Flu vac start date announced by NHSE; Join us at Pharmacy Show in October.
June 13: Pharmacy Advice Audit extended
June 12: Share your views by Sunday; Still time to take part in Advice Audit; Update on Flu vaccine availability; HCFS and the value of ABPM devices; Updated LFD service spec
June 10: Pharmacy First explainer animation; Have you completed the Pharmacy Advice Audit?; Join us at a pharmacy owner event; 2024/25 CPAF screening survey
June 07: Four weeks to General Election; Legislation paves way for Pharmacy Technicians to start supplying medicines; Tell us about your business pressures; Expiry of Monomil SSP
June 05: Support our ongoing case for increased funding; MYS downtime issues; GP Connect: Update Record rollout; Pharmacy IT workstreams; Dispensing and Supply updates
June 03: Advice Audit now open; Tell our Committee about your business pressures; Data Security & Protection Toolkit 2024 deadline; Promoting NHS PPCs
May 31: Advice Audit starts from Monday; Election campaigning resources; Restrictions on puberty blockers; New EOI process for C-19 vaccine service; Dispensing and Supply updates
May 29: Register for our Pharmacy Owner regional events; Health Committee’s report on pharmacy; Pharmacy First claims and payment schedules; Pharmacist Support seeks new trustees
May 24: General Election campaigning begins; HCFS and engaging with GPs; Medicine Supply updates, including Creon SSPs
May 22: Community Pharmacy England briefs Peers on 2024 Pharmacy Pressures; Pharmacy First GP resources; Clarithromycin SSPs reactivated; Price adjustment for Azathioprine oral suspension
May 20: Media training offer; Raising awareness of pharmacy pressures; MHRA notice for Trazodone hydrochloride 50mg/ml oral solution; Advice Audit starting soon
May 17: Guidance for the Pharmacy Advice Audit; New Hypertension Case-Finding Service resource; Update guidance on Schedule of Payments; Mounjaro® shelf-life FAQs
May 15: Help us gather critical evidence; Join us at Pharmacy Show 2024; Watch our Funding & Reimbursement Short; MHRA notice for Keppra 500mg film-coated tablets
May 13: Pharmacy owners concerned about funding and Pharmacy First; Workforce wellbeing report; Medicines Supply media coverage; Pharmacy First resources
May 10: Launch of Funding & Reimbursement Shorts; Support the ongoing case for more funding; Share your views to help improve the NHS App; Medicine supply notices
May 09: Pharmacy Pressures Survey Report published
May 08: Pharmacies regularly facing medicines supply problems; Pharmacy First promotion checklist; Medicine packaging recycling initiative; Hep C awareness resources; Dispensing and Supply Updates
May 03: Help gather critical evidence in our audit; New pharmacy closures figures; Pharmacy First claiming guidance; Monomil SSP extension; Register now for our briefing event
May 01: NHS Prescription Charge increased; Healthwatch finds public receptive to Pharmacy First; Don’t miss our Briefing event; Final price concessions update for April; Dispensing and Supply updates
April 29: Recent national press work on Medicines Supply; Products added to DND list; NHS Prescription Charge to increase from Wednesday; Tick bite resources
April 26: Book your place to discuss Critical Pressures and the Future with us; DHSC announces April 2024 price concessions; Drug Tariff Watch for next month
April 24: April price concessions; Patient Safety Professional Standards; Prescription charge posters; Medicine supply notices
April 22: Intolerable pressures and negotiations lead Committee discussions; Read our latest briefings; Attend our engagement event for pharmacy owners
April 19: Our latest statement on medicine supply issues; Top tips factsheet on dispensing income; Join our briefing event
April 17: Hypertension Case-Finding Service reminder; Other Pharmacy First resources for GPs; Briefing Event: Critical Pressures and the Future
April 15: Attend our Briefing Event on Critical Pressures and the Future; GP Connect: Update Record rollout; New prescription charge posters
April 12: New Pharmacy First resources for GPs; Don’t miss our engagement event; NHSBSA publish example of payments schedule
April 10: Our CEO reflects on the end of the five-year CPCF deal; Electronic health records survey; Effervescent tablets recall; Call to join Pharmacy Research Advisory Group
April 08: MPs call for more support for pharmacies; Our recent press work; Out of pocket expense payment for Cefuroxime 5% eye drops
April 05: Pressures Survey closing on Monday; Prescription Charge to increase next month; Pharmacy First claims and payments; Revised Schedule of Payments coming soon
April 03: FP34C submission reminder; Final price concessions update for March; Dispensing and Supply updates; Pharmacist job opportunity at Community Pharmacy England
March 30: Final call to complete the Pressures Survey; We write to Select Committee Chair; Flu vaccination fee; End of ABPM incentive; Pharmacy technicians to supply and administer medicines; Drug Tariff Watch.
March 28: Important notices ahead of the new financial year; Margin changes imposed; Extended FP34C submission deadline
March 26: One week left to complete the Pressures Survey; GP Connect Update Record feature; Electronic health records survey; Highlighting your work during #Pharmacy24; Dispensing and Supply updates
March 22: Data Security & Protection Toolkit webinar on-demand; Flu vaccine specification published; Market entry guidance; Medicine supply notices; Newsletters over Easter
March 20: Please tell us about your pharmacy pressures; Pharmacy First data issue resolved; Reminder to update your NHS Profile Manager; Oestrogel Pump-Pack recall; Pharmacy First FAQs
March 18: HRT prescribing update; Pharmacy First otoscope reminder; GLP-1 RA supply updates; Last chance to register for our Data Security webinar
March 15: Please take part in this year’s Pressures Survey; Our recent influencing work; LFD service updates; Pharmacy First claims FAQs
March 14: Pharmacy First submission deadline further extended
March 13: 2024/25 Flu Letter; MPs briefed about Pharmacy First; NHSBSA update on Pharmacy First; Join our Data Security & Protection Toolkit webinar
March 11: ‘Get your blood pressure checked’ campaign launched today; New top-up system for price concessions; GPhC addresses racism and language barriers in pharmacy; Pharmacy First FAQS.
March 08: Improved Feb 2024 price concessions; Category A price setting changes; International Women’s Day; UKHSA survey; Our supervision consultation response
March 06: Our latest political influencing activity; Help us measure pharmacy pressures; Limited EOI for C-19 Spring vacs closes today; Pharmacy First FAQs
March 04: 2024 Pressures Survey now open; Pharmacy First payment claims deadline extended; Data Security & Protection Toolkit webinar; Pharmacy First FAQs
March 01: Pharmacy First payment claims; Hypertension Case-Finding Service PR campaign; DHSC Flat Fee removal; Limited EOI for C-19 Spring vacs; Pharmacy First FAQs
