However, if pharmacies are to take on more responsibilities - such as greater prescribing, delivering more vaccinations and further managing long-term conditions - then proper funding must be in place beforehand so we can plan, train and invest to give our patients the level of service and support they deserve. There must be minimal “red-tape” and no tired old excuses for the IT not being ready and fit for purpose from day 1.

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Thank you to our speakers, Lord Nick Markham CBE ,Minister of Health and Social Care Stephen Kinnock MP, and Lord James Bethell for kindly sponsoring our event.

Also a big thank you to the nearly 60 Parliamentarians that attended to show their support for our sector and to hear about:

In her speech our CEO Dr Leyla Hannbeck outlined:

- why community pharmacy should be at the heart of the NHS Reforms

- how our sector can save billions of pounds for taxpayers

- what community pharmacy can do to achieve this if invested in appropriately

Community pharmacies are at the forefront of preventative healthcare. We can lead on all vaccination programmes and play a greater role in the management of long term conditions such as cardio vascular disease (CVD).

She outlined that the NHS Reforms must be led by the Government, not just said by the Government and asked the Parliamentarians and decision makers to put pharmacy at the forefront of these Reforms. We know we can do this, we just need the right tools and support from decision makers to finish the job.

IPA together with other primary care organisations representing dentists, optometrists, and GPs have joined together to call on the new Government to deliver action and sustainable funding to fix primary care and ease pressure on the rest of the NHS.

The switch will provide a clearer identity and afford a strong voice to the thousands of independent pharmacies in England and Wales. Membership of the new Independent Pharmacies Association will not be confined to those with multiple branches, as AIMp required, but be open to all independents.  

The Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies (AIMp) has carried out a survey of independent pharmacy owners to better understand who the service is progressing three months since from its start date.

The results of the survey can be found below.

for the 20th of March launch event. We also had initial conversations with Good Morning Britain –

they had shown interest in the story but were ultimately unable to cover it at the time. We have

established good contacts with them for any upcoming opportunities.