Community Pharmacy Cambridgeshire & Peterborough represents all community pharmacies in the area. On this website you will find a wealth of information about the local services community pharmacies provide as well as news about upcoming activities and events.
All pharmacies wishing to offer the service for 2026/27 will need to register even if you provided the service last year. The final deadline to register is 30th November.
On 6th August 2026 an updated service specification was published. The changes will come into effect on 3rd September 2026.
This is the first vaccine programme to be offered by only community pharmacies. The service will start on 20th July 2026 and end on 31st March 2027.
From 29th October 2025 the service has been expanded to include provision of emergency contraception, allow pharmacy technicians to provide the service and to add drospirenone to the list of contraceptives that can be supplied.
From 1st October 2025 the PGDs and Clinical Pathways for Pharmacy First have been updated. Visit our Pharmacy First page for a link to the updated documents and a side by side comparison showing the changes to the clinical pathways. SystmOne, used by most of the GP practices in our area, can now send referrals directly in to the pharmacy clinical IT platform in the same way as NHS111. You might like to highlight this new functionality to your local practices.
All pharmacies must participate in the national health campaign which runs from 5th – 25th October. The campaign focuses on treating pharmacy teams with respect,…
Unfortunately Cambridgeshire County Council has decided not to progress with this service due to escalating costs. Thanks to everyone that took the time to engage…
It was great to see some of you on Tuesday evening for our Better Together: Neighbourhood Partnerships that Deliver and AGM event. The speakers received…
Productive conversations on prevention, neighbourhood health and NHS reform have been the highlight of Community Pharmacy England’s work this political party conference season. We wrapped…
For the 2026/27 Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) there are three Gateway requirements which must all be met, to enable pharmacy owners to be eligible to…
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification (MSN) for: Lacidipine 2mg and 4mg tablets. MSN/2026/046 Tier 2 –…
