Year 2 of the contract will see changes such as the launch of a new NHS Discharge Medicines Service.

Patients discharged from hospital will be referred to community pharmacies for advice about newly prescribed medicines from July.

Community pharmacy contractors are being urged to respond to a survey that asks how effective representative structures are.

Simon Dukes has provided an update on progress on the first annual contract review.

Figures provided by the regulator suggest there may have been a net decrease of 166 community pharmacies last year.

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

Pharmacy trade bodies recommend a reduction in the number of LPCs to save money and improve support.

PSNC will not wait for annual review to put case for further investment.

NHSBSA has begun issuing new prescription forms and tokens to make it easier to check patients' exemption status.

An NHS official has denied claims that employment incentives for GP pharmacists will harm community pharmacy.

NEL LPC secretary Hemant Patel criticises PSNC over what he perceives as its secrecy over the five-year CPCF.

PSNC has today issued resupply updates for five medicines that have been affected by shortages in recent months.

The Department of Health and Social Care today releases the first wave of drug price concessions for January.

Brine says it would be “madness” for the government to expect pharmacists to do more work for the same or less money.

Boris Johnson said the NHS will be the “top priority” for his government after the Conservative's sweeping victory.

Some contractors are “losing tens of thousands of pounds” due to errors made when submitting EPS claims.

PSNC chief Simon Dukes reminds pharmacists unhappy with the five-year deal not to forget about annual reviews.

The review will explore issues such as how the support offered by PSNC and LPCs could be improved.

A number of pharmacies have reported being “surprised” at some of the CPCS cases referred to them by NHS 111 call handlers.

NPA, PSNC and the RPS launch the Community Pharmacy Manifesto.