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Interview: Martin Bennett

Martin Bennett has pretty much seen it all during his half century at Wicker Pharmacy in Sheffield. Neil Trainis caught up with him.

26 Jan 2024

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Tories treat pharmacy “as an afterthought”, says Lib Dem MP

Sarah Dyke said community pharmacies “need emergency funding from government.”

11 Jan 2024

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CCA: 1,008 fewer pharmacies now compared with 2015

CCA chief executive Malcolm Harrison said 'a toxic mix of funding, workforce and workload pressures are restricting pharmacies.'

27 Nov 2023

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CPE confirms £645m is new money but questions remain over IT

Company Chemists’ Association chief executive Malcolm Harrison said the launch of Pharmacy First was “a huge vote of confidence in the sector."

16 Nov 2023

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CPE asks independents and non-CCA members for views on future

Community Pharmacy England said independents and non-CCA members can “directly input" into its committee’s talks via the survey.

01 Nov 2023

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Labour MP’s petition urges government to support pharmacies

Judith Cummins launched her petition in parliament after receiving 280 letters from people in Bradford South concerned about poor pharmacy funding.

11 Sep 2023

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Scottish pharmacy network in ‘serious financial trouble’

Scotland’s funding crisis putting Pharmacy First service at risk.

19 Jun 2023

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Poor government funding forces pharmacies in York to merge

Citywide Health will merge Huntington Pharmacy and Parkers Pharmacy amid concerns the local area could be without a pharmacy.

18 May 2023

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Independent pharmacies losing money and cutting back services

More than a third of owners said they had reduced their opening hours and 59 per cent reduced staffing.

01 Mar 2023

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PM warned many pharmacy businesses will not survive 2023

Collective letter from pharmacy organisations and large multiples says help needed to to resolve crisis engulfing community pharmacy.

31 Jan 2023

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Day Lewis and Pharmacy2U attend Sunak NHS meeting

Day Lewis director makes the case to Government for funding at emergency meeting

10 Jan 2023

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CCA warns government over broken pharmacy funding

CCA chief executive Malcolm Harrison said community pharmacy is losing £750 million annually.

09 Jan 2023

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PDA: Thousands of pharmacists striking is 'realistic possibility'

Paul Day says many pharmacists have contacted the PDA Union to say they favour industrial action.

06 Jan 2023

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Community pharmacy bodies appeal for urgent investment

Community pharmacy has issued its starkest warning yet about the state of the sector in England, in a joint letter to secretary of state Steve Barclay

22 Dec 2022

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CCA: Hunt must include pharmacy in workforce plan

The body also reiterated its call for an urgent community pharmacy economic and workforce review

18 Nov 2022

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Interview: Malcolm Harrison

The CCA chief executive says it had to stand its ground on closures even though it meant a public dispute with the PDA.

17 Nov 2022

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