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The Pharmacist, London (2025)

15/09/2025

Call for renewed contraceptive focus amid rise in teenage pregnancies

A post-pandemic rise in England’s teenage pregnancy rate has prompted the Local Government Association (LGA) to call for renewed national action on prevention, including contraceptive services.

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A post-pandemic rise in England’s teenage pregnancy rate has prompted the Local Government Association (LGA) to call action

12/09/2025

‘I have cancer but I can’t afford to have time off’ – the pharmacy owners priced out of taking leave

More than three-quarters of pharmacists said they were sometimes, often or very often unable to take leave because they can’t find cover

12/09/2025

CCA launches ‘roadmap for community pharmacy’ to provide routine primary care

The Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) has published its 2025 Prospectus, which proposes a route for community pharmacy to ‘become a natural home for patients to access routine primary care services’.

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The CCA has published its 2025 Prospectus, which proposes a route for community pharmacy to provide routine primary care.

11/09/2025

An impasse has developed between the UK Government and the pharmaceutical industry over NHS medicine pricing, with negotiations breaking down after the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) rejected the government's latest proposals as ‘unsustainable’.

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An impasse has developed between the UK government and the pharmaceutical industry over NHS medicine pricing.

11/09/2025

Streeting champions NHS plan as hospital league table goes live

The successful applicants to the national neighbourhood health implementation programme (NNHIP) were revealed yesterday by health secretary Wes Streeting as he championed the NHS future plan.

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The successful applicants to the national neighbourhood implementation programme (NNHIP) were revealed today by health secretary Wes Streeting

11/09/2025

NHS medicine pricing policy row escalates after talks break down

A spokesperson for the ABPI said: ‘Despite good faith and best efforts on both sides, the industry and government have not yet been able to reach an agreed way forward during the accelerated and extended VPAG mid-scheme review.'

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An impasse has developed between the UK government and the pharmaceutical industry over NHS medicine pricing.

11/09/2025

CCA launches ‘roadmap for community pharmacy’ to provide routine primary care

Chief executive of the CCA, Malcom Harrison, said: ‘Patients value the care and accessibility of local pharmacies but with the right investment there is so much more community pharmacies could do.'

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The CCA has published its 2025 Prospectus, which proposes a route for community pharmacy to provide routine primary care.

11/09/2025

New hub and spoke terms of service set out conditions for contractors

The new terms of service state that contractors may not subcontract ‘core dispensing activities’ – the assembly of any prescription item, including labelling and bagging – via hub and spoke unless certain conditions are met.

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The terms of service for hub and spoke legislation have been laid before Parliament, setting out the conditions that contractors must meet.

10/09/2025

Streeting champions NHS plan as hospital league table goes live

The successful applicants to the national neighbourhood health implementation programme (NNHIP) were revealed yesterday by health secretary Wes Streeting as he championed the NHS future plan.

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The successful applicants to the national neighbourhood implementation programme (NNHIP) were revealed today by health secretary Wes Streeting

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