Thursday 25th June 2026

Welcome to your weekly injection of local and national pharmacy news. As always, if you have any feedback or comments, please contact us by email at admin@cpdevon.org.uk.

Community Pharmacy England is urging pharmacy owners to take action to finish and publish the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPTK) for 2026 now and reminding them to make use of our resources to work through the process as efficiently as possible.

Completion is already underway again this year – it’s been completed at thousands of pharmacies.

The DSPTK submission is due by 30th June 2026 as part of a pharmacy’s annual information governance (IG) declaration, and many pharmacy owners are busy working towards completing this. It is a mandatory requirement under the NHS Terms of Service that demonstrates core information governance standards and maintains patient trust.

For further information, please click here.

A PQS will run in 2026/27, with fewer requirements than in previous years and a smaller budget. The new scheme retains some existing criteria and sees the addition of new criteria intended to support the safe introduction of prescribing into community pharmacy.

The scheme will commence in June and it will continue to be an optional part of the CPCF.

Pharmacy owners that choose to participate will be able to claim in July an Aspiration payment of 80% (up from 75% last year) of the overall points value they intend to claim. This Aspiration payment will be made on 1st September 2026.

Full guidance and resources will be made available as soon as possible on CPE's  PQS hub webpage.

Tell CPE what the new CPCF deal means for your business

Calling all pharmacy owners across Devon! Please take part in Community Pharmacy England's latest sector poll.

The negotiator’s poll asks whether the settlement will help ease financial pressures, what challenges remain for pharmacy businesses, and what you think about the introduction of independent prescribing into community pharmacy services.

⏰ Deadline: 11.59pm on Sunday 12th July

Share your views now

Latest FREE* Online Course

• Do you know what new funding has been agreed?
• Do you know how many domains need to be completed in this years PQS?
• Do you know what training your pharmacists need to complete as part of the 26/27 PQS?
• Do you know that you will be able to close for up to 4 hours for staff training and development?

This training will answer all these questions and more. Access the FREE* course here.

Community Pharmacy England is inviting pharmacy owners and their representatives to attend an upcoming regional workshop in the South West, designed to provide an opportunity to discuss the future of community pharmacy and help shape national priorities.

The face-to-face event will offer attendees valuable insight into the outcomes of the 2026/27 Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) negotiations, as well as the chance to contribute directly to discussions that will inform priorities for the 2027/28 negotiations and beyond.

The workshop will be attended by Sian Retallick, representative for the independent pharmacy owners' region, alongside other members of the Community Pharmacy England Committee, members of the Executive Team, and representatives from your Local Pharmaceutical Committee (LPC).

Event Details

Venue: Courtyard by Marriott Exeter Sandy Park, Sandy Park Way, Exeter, Devon, EX2 7NN

Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm

Arrival: Doors open from 6:45pm, with a complimentary hot buffet available, providing an opportunity for informal networking and Q&A with the Community Pharmacy England team.

Attendance is free of charge; however, advance registration is required. Please note that this event is open exclusively to pharmacy owners and their representatives.

You can book a place here.

Community Pharmacies have until 23.59 on 20 July 2026 to sign up to deliver the service using the registration form. Pharmacies must sign up by 6 July 2026 to be guaranteed vaccine supply for the start of the programme on 20 July 2026.  Due to this particular MenB programme being in place for a limited time, any registration received after the deadline will not be accepted and the Pharmacy contractor will not be able to provide the service (this includes any new owners following a change of ownership with a new ODS code after 20 July 2026).

The Item of Service fee is £10.06 per administered vaccination to an eligible individual. Recognising the considerable effort it will take to stand up this new service and to maximise uptake, Community Pharmacies will also be eligible for additional payments of:

• £300 - if at least one vaccination is administered

AND

• £400 - if at least 100 vaccinations are administered 

Service specifications can be found here.

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