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Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework: 2019 to 2024

A 5-year deal setting out how community pharmacy will support delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan.

Updates to this page

From:
Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England
Published:
22 July 2019
Last updated:
12 May 2023
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  1. Added 'Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 5-year deal: year 5 (2023 to 2024) update for contractors', a letter outlining progress with implementation of the contract since September 2022.

  2. Added 'Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 5-year deal: year 4 (2022 to 2023) and year 5 (2023 to 2024)'.

  3. Replaced 'Pharmacies eligible for the 2022 Pharmacy Access Scheme' with updated spreadsheet.

  4. Change to review application window for contractors to submit applications to 04 January 2022 to 04 March 2022 (previously February 2022).

  5. Updated '2022 Pharmacy Access Scheme: guidance' to correct some inaccuracies throughout that were published in error.

  6. Added 'The 2022 Pharmacy Access Scheme: guidance' and 'Pharmacies eligible for the 2022 Pharmacy Access Scheme' attachments.

  7. Added 'Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 5-year deal: year 3 (2021 to 2022)'.

  8. An attachment with information about year 2 of the framework has been added.

  9. First published.

Documents

The Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework for 2019/20 to 2023/24: supporting delivery for the NHS Long Term Plan

PDF, 196 KB, 26 pages

Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 5-year deal: year 5 (2023 to 2024) update for contractors

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Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 5-year deal: year 4 (2022 to 2023) and year 5 (2023 to 2024)

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Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 5-year deal: year 3 (2021 to 2022)

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Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 5-year deal: year 2 (2020 to 2021)

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2022 Pharmacy Access Scheme: guidance

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Pharmacies eligible for the 2022 Pharmacy Access Scheme

ODS, 71.6 KB

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Details

The Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) came into force in October 2019. The aim of the framework is to expand and transform the role of community pharmacies, as part of the ambitions set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.

This agreement is between the government, the NHS and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC).

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