funding

“A curate’s egg” - responses to funding deal come in

Community pharmacy's unprecedented five-year funding deal has been met with a range of responses.

Clinical services centre stage in landmark 5-year funding deal

Community pharmacy has its first multi-year funding settlement, but funding is fixed at current levels of £2.592bn per year.

Pharmacy PCN funding to be finalised next week

The PSNC's Alastair Buxton said the level of community pharmacy funding for primary care networks has not been finalised. 

Pharmacy2U: We have cost NHS £5m less over 5 years

Pharmacy2U said it has been paid £5m less in NHS fees than community pharmacies.

Cat M prices to increase from August

Category M reimbursement prices will increase by £15 million a month from August, the DHSC has said.

Pharmacy minister 'alert to financial pressures'

Pharmacy minister Seema Kennedy said she is “alert” to the difficulties facing community pharmacy contractors.

No PCN funding “earmarked for pharmacy”

No portion of PCN funding has been “earmarked exclusively for pharmacy,” says the deputy chief pharmaceutical officer.

Are you missing out on almost £4,000?

More than one in two independent pharmacies could be missing out on almost £4,000 in Quality Payments Scheme money, says AAH Pharmaceuticals.

Plus and minus in December

Thursday December 1
The dreaded cuts come into effect today in spite of our collective efforts, resulting in a flurry of activity by pharmacy organisations. The NPA has been at the forefront of campaigning, raising an unprecedented 2.2m signatures opposing cuts through community pharmacies in England.

I speak to several colleagues, whose views range from anger to disbelief. Many did not expect the cuts to be implemented as proposed, hoping for a last-minute reprieve or, at least, some concession.

NPA and PSNC legal cases to be heard in March

Legal cases against funding cuts to be heard in March

Putting pharmacy on the right path - Ian Strachan

Ian Strachan updates members on the NPA's campaign to secure their future

A whole box of unknowns

Claire Ward considers community pharmacy's position at the start of a new year

A whole box of unknowns

Claire Ward considers community pharmacy's position at the start of a new year

Business review 2016 and outlook 2017

Tony Evans discusses the pharmacy business market during 2016 and looks ahead to 2017

Business review 2016 and outlook 2017

Tony Evans discusses the pharmacy business market during 2016 and looks ahead to 2017

Health warning: safety margin has been cut

A dispensing error has made the news. An unconscious baby was rushed to hospital after being given an anti-psychotic drug, olanazapine, instead of omeprazole. It was a case of the right label, wrong drug.

The impact of such incidents on the patient and their family is uppermost in our minds when things go wrong because we share the pain, feel the anger, experience the hurt and reflect on the sorrow made worse by the fact that we’re to blame. Saying sorry is never enough, and there are no words to embroider around that fact.