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• PDA calls for inclusion in discussions about pharmacy services on the first anniversary of Pharmacy First

  Fri 31st January 2025 The PDA

  On the lead up to the first anniversary of Pharmacy First in England, the PDA published an analysis of NHS data which demonstrated the significant increase in workload following the introduction of the service. Combined with the results of a snapshot survey of PDA members, several key recommendations for future service development or expansion have emerged.  

• PDA survey highlights frontline pharmacists’ experiences of delivering the Pharmacy First Service

  Thu 30th January 2025 The PDA

  The upcoming first anniversary of the Pharmacy First Service in England on 31 January 2025, provided an opportunity for the PDA to survey its members to hear about their views and experiences of delivering the service to patients. This follows a Pharmacy First Service pre-launch survey in January 2024 which aimed to understand the preparedness and concerns among the workforce ahead of a hurried implementation. 

• Pharmacy First Service – what have we learned in its first year?

  Mon 27th January 2025 The PDA

  The Pharmacy First Service was launched on 31 January 2024 to support community pharmacy services and improve access to primary care. One year on, the PDA looks at how the initiative has performed and what wider, longer-term issues need to now be considered.  

• PDA launches Pharmacy First Service first anniversary survey

  Thu 16th January 2025 The PDA

  Following a hurried launch, the Pharmacy First Service commenced in England on 31 January 2024. At the time the PDA stated that the Pharmacy First Service could be transformational for patients, pharmacists, and community pharmacy but had some reservations around the manner of its launch. 

• Pharmacy First: pressure mounts on pharmacists as threshold approaches

  Thu 11th April 2024 The PDA

  Some PDA members in England are reporting increasing pressure from their management around the performance of the Pharmacy First Service as the minimum activity thresholds increase. 

• PDA calls on pharmacists to share ongoing experiences and feedback of the Pharmacy First Service

  Wed 7th February 2024 The PDA

  Following the launch of the Pharmacy First Service (PFS) on 31 January 2024, the PDA is asking members working in community pharmacy in England to complete an online survey about their experiences. 

• PDA wants Pharmacy First to succeed but asks members to help stop inappropriate business behaviours

  Fri 2nd February 2024 The PDA

  The PDA is asking its members to share any evidence of business behaviours which may jeopardise the Pharmacy First Scheme, those that are not in patients’ interests, or may damage the profession’s reputation. 

• Pharmacy First Service provides great expectations: but the PDA is concerned about the impacts on the pharmacy workforce

  Wed 31st January 2024 The PDA

  The PDA had called on NHS England to phase in the introduction of what on paper is a very good service which will benefit the public; however, this request was refused. 

• PDA reiterates advice to members as Pharmacy First Service prepares to go live

  Tue 30th January 2024 The PDA

  The PDA is reiterating advice to members as concerns continue to be raised before the go live date of the Pharmacy First Service in England on Wednesday 31 January. 

• Frontline pharmacists’ concerns about Pharmacy First implementation shared with DHSC and NHS England officials

  Fri 19th January 2024 The PDA

  The PDA has ensured that the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England and senior DHSC civil servants have heard the views of employed and locum pharmacists on how PFS is being introduced.  

• The Responsible Pharmacist and Pharmacy First Service

  Fri 19th January 2024 The PDA

  PDA members have raised concerns about how they can comply with their professional responsibilities towards patients when faced with the demand for Pharmacy First consultations to be delivered, alongside an already overstretched pharmacy service. 

• Pharmacy First Service (PFS) survey

  Fri 5th January 2024 The PDA

  Community pharmacy contractors and NHS England have agreed that the Pharmacy First Service (PFS) will launch on 31 January 2024. If implemented correctly this has the potential to empower community pharmacists to use more of their clinical skills.  

• PDA welcomes the Pharmacy First service and calls for a second pharmacist in the pharmacy

  Wed 22nd November 2023 The PDA

  The PDA urges contractors and NHS England to engage with the workforce to make it a success. 

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