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Ordinarily, community pharmacy contractors must undertake a clinical audit each year, the topic of which they choose. In addition to this contractor-chosen clinical audit, they…

Each financial year (1st April to 31st March), pharmacies are required to participate in up to six health campaigns at the request of NHS England…

CPE has created a payment timetable and deadline tracker to assist community pharmacy contractors with checking and claiming payments for the following services: Appliance Use…

A new tool, NHS Profile Manager, has launched to help community pharmacy contractors to update their pharmacy’s details more easily in the NHS 111 Directory…

We would urge all pharmacies to read CPE’s useful update on prescription sorting and FP34C submission requirements as there is lots of important information to…

Please visit CPE for full information and resources around Exemptions from the prescription charge.

In July 2021 CPE launched a video animation showcasing the important work that community pharmacies do and explaining how, with sustainable funding and ongoing support from…

Real Time Exemption Checking (RTEC) is a technical solution enabling the PMR system to automatically find out whether a patient has a known exemption that…

Real Time Exemption Checking (RTEC) allows pharmacy teams to digitally check if their patients are eligible for free NHS prescriptions because they hold specific exemptions.…

Brexit and Community Pharmacy The UK left the European Union (EU) on Friday 31st January 2020, with a transition period in place until 31st December…