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What the single activity fee covers, why it rose to £1.52 in May 2026, how DHSC adjusts it against item volumes and how it differs from medicines margin.
PQS 2026/27 pays £64.20 to £128.40 a point over 30 points: palliative care gateway, respiratory training, urgent-supply SOPs and a Pharmacy First audit.
GPhC draft superintendent standards return to Council on 15 October 2026. What they add to the role, what owners must give their SP, how accountability shifts.
£500 to set up and £525 a month, plus £17 a consultation. The real costs are prescriber time, supervision, indemnity and IT. A business case for owners.
The 2026/27 contract adds £340m to community pharmacy. Against a decade of real-terms cuts and rising costs, here is what it fixes and what it leaves untouched.
Disposable vape ban, Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026, age checks, the £2.20 vaping duty and the coming retail licence: what a pharmacy can stock and how to sell it.
NHS funding covered £2.755bn of a £5.063bn cost in 2023/24. How the hybrid clinic model works, the CQC exemption, consultation rooms, records and staffing.
Synnovis disrupted 11,000 NHS appointments. What the DSPT already requires of a pharmacy, how to dispense with the PMR down, and the first 72 hours of a breach.
NHS contract routes now the distance-selling route has closed, GPhC premises registration, one superintendent, two responsible pharmacists, capital and systems.
The NHS contraception service covers initiation, continuation and emergency contraception at £25 and £20 a consultation, with prescribing from autumn 2026.
Private prescriptions and POM register 2 years, CD register 2 years from last entry, specials and RP log 5 years, adult records 8 years, with the rule for each.
Choose a PMR for a CBPM pharmacy: ten criteria covering batch traceability, controlled drug support and specials records, with Dataforge's honest answers.
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