Pharmacy owners have been asked to share their work challenges and priorities to help shape negotiations for the next Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF).
Community Pharmacy England (CPE) has launched its summer survey to gather views on potential funding allocations, service priorities and regulatory asks.
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Contractors have been asked to spell out the areas they want the government to invest in, for example in current services, expanding Pharmacy First and infrastructure.
Questions also cover the medicines margin, future pharmacy services and the government’s recently launched 10-year plan for the health service.
The survey also includes CPE’s ‘pressures tracker’ to provide a snapshot of which issues are causing the most pressure for pharmacy owners.
‘With the next round of CPCF negotiations approaching, your input has never been so vital,’ CPE said in a statement on its website.
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‘We hope that as many pharmacy owners as possible will share your views to both inform the committee’s crucial discussions and to support wider influencing work to make things better for community pharmacies.’
Answers will not only be used to help set CPE’s negotiating priorities, but will also inform discussions at the committee’s next meeting in September, and to feed into ongoing communications with ministers.
The survey – open to community pharmacy owners only – will close at 11.59pm on Monday 8 September 2025. Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) multiple branches do not need to respond, as their head offices will be contacted separately.
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The CPCF for 2025/26 saw a £3.073bn deal agreed for the sector, with a further £215m available for contractors to earn through Pharmacy First, blood pressure and contraception services.
The medicines margin for 2025/26 was also increased to £900m and the single activity fee (SAF) was increased by 19p, effective from April 2025.
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