New to Partnership Payment Scheme gives opportunity for pharmacists to become a partner at their GP practice.

The new GP contract is described as placing additional financial stress on the community pharmacy sector.

There were 1,833 pharmacists in GP practices in England in September 2019 versus 1,304 in September 2018.

Health Education England has been told it must train 500 clinical pharmacists for roles in general practice by the end of 2019-2020.

Pharmacies should agree ways of working with primary care networks, NHS England has said.

Claims made to support the distinction between ‘clinical pharmacists’ and community pharmacists may lack evidence

The negotiator told Pharmacy Magazine it is “currently considering” what form this engagement might take

GPs are banned from advertising and offering private healthcare services in their surgeries under their new contract

NHS England says it "needs the clinical skills of community pharmacists" for the new Primary Care Networks

Some said the plan represents an opportunity while other warned it was not sufficiently clear on community pharmacy’s role