Community Pharmacy Funding Settlement 2024-2026

You will have seen that community pharmacy funding and arrangements for 2024/25 and 2025/26 have been finalised, providing the largest funding uplift across the NHS and a firm Government commitment to long-term sustainability. The news has received widespread coverage in the national media.

Pharmacy owners and team members can access Community Pharmacy England’s range of resources explaining the key elements:

CPE are also holding a series of online and in-person events to help pharmacy owners to understand the implications for their businesses and to share their views with Community Pharmacy England:

Webinar 1: Weds 2nd April, 7.30pm-9pm
Webinar 2: Mon 7th April, 7.30pm-9pm
Roadshow North: Sun 13th April, 11am-1pm, Huddersfield
Roadshow South: Sat 26th April, 2pm-4pm, London

Please register here

At Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire we have shared a press release widely, which you can access here, taking the opportunity to also promote community pharmacy services to patients.

Contract changes to NMS, which are a little confusing, are covered in more detail by CPE here.

PQS is covered by CPE in more detail here, including a useful workbook here.

Timeline for key elements can be seen below: