Community Pharmacy Dorset – To represent and support Dorset Pharmacy Contractors to maximise and promote their professional services for a fair return

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Community Pharmacy Dorset (CPD) is the local voice of over 130 Community Pharmacy contractors across Dorset.

Top Tips to maximise dispensing income from Community Pharmacy England

CPE have prepared a new factsheet to help pharmacy owners maximise income from dispensing.

The factsheet includes top tips to help maximise income or reduce losses when, dispensing, ordering, endorsing prescriptions, submitting claims/prescriptions for payment (including end-of-month MYS declaration), reconciling payments against claims submitted.

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Dorset Primary Care Networks

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Essential Services

The Essential Services listed below are offered by all pharmacy contractors as part of the NHS Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (the ‘pharmacy contract’).

Advanced Services

There are several Advanced Services within the NHS Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF). Community pharmacies can choose to provide any of these services as long as they meet the requirements set out in the Secretary of State Directions.

Latest Community Pharmacy England News

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CPCF support and next strategic steps focus at May Committee Meeting

Community Pharmacy England met earlier this month in London, with Members reviewing the ongoing work to support implementation of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF)…

16th May 2025

PQS: Final reminder – Aspiration payment claim window closes today

Pharmacy owners have until 11.59pm today (Friday 16th May 2025) to claim an Aspiration payment for the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2025/26 before the window…

16th May 2025

End of antiviral medicine prescribing for 2024/25 influenza season

In light of surveillance data indicating that circulation of influenza in the community has returned to baseline levels, the Department of Health and Social Care…

15th May 2025