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.
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.
From 1st April 2025 the fee for clinic checks has been reduced from £15 to £10 per check and the fee for each ABPM has been increased from £45 to £50.85. This
From 29th October 2025 depression has been included as an eligible therapeutic area. Wording in the service specification relating to timings of the intervention and follow up consultations has been amended and subcontracting of the service to another provider is no longer allowed.
Don’t forget that it is a mandatory requirement for all pharmacy owners to have a business continuity plan for a temporary suspension of service (closure)…
We know there have been several changes to pharmacy supervision, including the latest updates earlier this year. Pharmacy teams in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have been…
North West Anglia Foundation Trust (NWAFT) which operates Peterborough and Hinchingbrooke Hospitals has been increasing the number of DMS referrals they are sending. We know…
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (15/05/2026) confirmed the following initial list of price concessions for May 2026: Drug Pack size Price…
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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: balance 2.3% glucose, 1.25 mmol/l calcium, solution for peritoneal dialysis (Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH) DMRC reference number: DMRC- 39439934…
