Labour

Financial Management & Funding,

NPA: Labour must fulfil five tests in next pharmacy funding settlement

The National Pharmacy Association wants an above inflation increase in community pharmacy’s global sum among other things.

16 Jan 2025

Contract,

NPA: Labour’s pledge to follow up on HSCC’s pharmacy recommendations lack urgency

National Pharmacy Association director of corporate affairs Gareth Jones cautiously welcomed Labour’s pledge to address the health and social care committee's concerns.

10 Jan 2025

Public health,

NHS silos hinder access to PrEP in pharmacies, says Labour MP

Labour MP Danny Beales said people were waiting on average 12 weeks to get the medicine.

04 Dec 2024

Policy,

Labour’s 10-year plan can establish pharmacy as cornerstone of local health

However, Numark chairman Harry McQuillan said the Government must address the sector’s “underfunding crisis.”

04 Dec 2024

Public health,

Primary care in Northern Ireland will collapse, bodies warn health minister

Bodies representing pharmacy, GPs, dentists and optometry warned Mike Nesbitt they need protection from national insurance rises.

02 Dec 2024

Policy,

Pharmacy bodies warn Streeting Labour’s budget will force pharmacies to close

The NPA, CPE, CCA and IPA told health secretary Wes Streeting there is an “urgent need to shield” pharmacies from the Budget’s measures.

29 Nov 2024

Pharmacy team,

Hancock blames NHSE for community pharmacy’s initial Covid life assurance exclusion

Former health secretary Matt Hancock yesterday played down suggestions the Treasury was responsible during the Covid inquiry.

22 Nov 2024

Medicines,

Companies given Westminster access promote first hub and spoke model

Centred Solutions, HubRx and PillTime said their visit “was organised with the support" of Labour MP Sadik Al-Hassan.

21 Nov 2024

Legal,

Pharmacists refusing involvement in assisted dying must refer to ‘appropriate practitioner’, says Labour MP

Sadik Al-Hassan said assisted dying “needs to go down the same route” as contraception whereby pharmacists must refer “if appropriate.”

20 Nov 2024

Financial Management & Funding,

Ulster Unionist peer to lead pharmacists for talks with minister

Lord Rogan and a delegation of pharmacists will talk to Northern Ireland office minister Fleur Anderson about pharmacy funding pressures.

20 Nov 2024

Regulations,

Pharmacy is moving towards ‘lower regulation environment’, warns Labour MP

Sadik Al-Hassan said he was concerned the number of inspections is falling as complaints about pharmacies increase.

15 Nov 2024

Financial Management & Funding,

Reeves budget could cost pharmacies over £200m, warns negotiator

CPE's sums set out a dire picture of the impact of Labour's budget.

14 Nov 2024

Financial Management & Funding,

Labour’s Budget will have ‘devastating impact’ on pharmacies in Northern Ireland

Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland chief executive Gerard Greene warned the measures will impact pharmacy services.

13 Nov 2024

Financial Management & Funding,

MPs warn Labour’s NI rise puts pharmacies at risk during Commons debate

Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Gibson said pharmacists and other healthcare providers “feel taken for granted, let down and scared.”

08 Nov 2024

Financial Management & Funding,

Health workers ‘grateful’ for Reeves budget says community pharmacist MP

Increased NHS spend could help reverse decline of pharmacies, suggests Sadik Al-Hassan.

05 Nov 2024

Financial,

NPA: It would be an insult if GPs and not pharmacies were supported with NI rise

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the biggest overall tax increases since 1993 will help fund £22.6 billion for the NHS.

04 Nov 2024

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NPA: Labour must fulfil five tests in next pharmacy funding settlement

NPA: Labour’s pledge to follow up on HSCC’s pharmacy recommendations lack urgency

NHS silos hinder access to PrEP in pharmacies, says Labour MP

Labour’s 10-year plan can establish pharmacy as cornerstone of local health

Primary care in Northern Ireland will collapse, bodies warn health minister

Pharmacy bodies warn Streeting Labour’s budget will force pharmacies to close

Hancock blames NHSE for community pharmacy’s initial Covid life assurance exclusion

Companies given Westminster access promote first hub and spoke model

Pharmacists refusing involvement in assisted dying must refer to ‘appropriate practitioner’, says Labour MP

Ulster Unionist peer to lead pharmacists for talks with minister

Pharmacy is moving towards ‘lower regulation environment’, warns Labour MP

Reeves budget could cost pharmacies over £200m, warns negotiator

Labour’s Budget will have ‘devastating impact’ on pharmacies in Northern Ireland

MPs warn Labour’s NI rise puts pharmacies at risk during Commons debate

Health workers ‘grateful’ for Reeves budget says community pharmacist MP

NPA: It would be an insult if GPs and not pharmacies were supported with NI rise