All links accessed on April 5, 2025

1. NHS Business Services Authority. NHS Prescription Services. NHS Pharmacy First Clinical Pathways Data. https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pharmacies-gp-practices-and-appliance-contractors/dispensing-contractors-information/nhs-pharmacy-first-service-pfs/nhs-pharmacy-first-clinical-pathways-data

2. Department of Health & Social Care. Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework: 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026. March 31 2025. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-pharmacy-contractual-framework-2024-to-2025-and-2025-to-2026/community-pharmacy-contractual-framework-2024-to-2025-and-2025-to-2026

3. NHSBSA. Drug Tariff. Part VIC. https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pharmacies-gp-practices-and-appliance-contractors/drug-tariff

4. Community Pharmacy England. Pharmacy First service. https://cpe.org.uk/national-pharmacy-services/advanced-services/pharmacy-first-service/

5. CPE. Pharmacy First: What GPs need to know. https://cpe.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pharmacy-First-What-GPs-need-to-know-v.2.svg

6. Healthwatch Data National Reports Library. Healthwatch Halton. Pharmacy First. January 7 2025. https://nds.healthwatch.co.uk/reports-library/pharmacy-first-1

7. Healthwatch Data National Reports Library. Healthwatch Derbyshire. Pharmacy First: the views and experiences of Derbyshire residents. January 10 2025. https://nds.healthwatch.co.uk/reports-library/pharmacy-first-views-and-experiences-derbyshire-residents

8. Healthwatch. https://www.healthwatch.co.uk/

9. DHSC. Think Pharmacy First. Campaign start November 11 2024. https://campaignresources.dhsc.gov.uk/campaigns/help-us-help-you-primary-care/think-pharmacy-first/

10. Community Pharmacy Hampshire & Isle of Wight. NHS England’s Pharmacy First Campaign. November 28 2024. https://cpsc.org.uk/news/latest-cpsc-news/nhs-englands-pharmacy-first-campaign

11. UK Parliament. Hansard. Lords Chamber. Community Pharmacy Closure. Vol 843: debated on Tuesday 28 January 2025. https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-01-28/debates/020189D2-56EA-4119-AF36-910BDD35E4D1/CommunityPharmacyClosures

12. NHSBSA. Data Services. Antimicrobial Stewardship - Pharmacy First dashboard. https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/access-our-data-products/epact2/dashboards-and-specifications/antimicrobial-stewardship-pharmacy-first-dashboard