Welcome to Community Pharmacy Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Representing community pharmacy, working in collaboration with others, to improve the quality of health and well-being of the people in our counties. At present we represent 117 community pharmacies across Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

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Sector Poll: Has the 2026/27 funding uplift making a difference to your pharmacy?

As winter approaches, CPE wants to understand the scale of the challenges pharmacies are still facing. This poll is open to pharmacy owners until Monday 16th November at 23:59

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CPE Price Concessions Webinar Recording

Pharmacy owners can now watch a recorded presentation on price concessions and medicines supply issues from CPE.

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Regulatory Changes Webinar 11 November, 7:30 pm

Community Pharmacy England will be hosting a webinar to outline the current and upcoming community pharmacy regulatory changes. The session will include the upcoming changes to Authorisation and Supervision, recent NHS regulatory changes and more.

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Reminder: the palliative care questionnaire needs to be completed by the end of 31st December 2026.

See CPE for general guidance. You can find the necessary local PallCare information on the relevant service page on our website.

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PQS: Audit data collection tool now available

The data collection tool for the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) clinical audit is now available on the MYS portal.

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CPPE West Midlands Regional Newsletter Autumn 2026

Use this newsletter to explore how CPPE can help you grow as a professional.

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Community Pharmacy Herefordshire and Worcestershire Latest News

Extension to the Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey Deadline

Extension to the Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey deadline Following concerns raised by Community Pharmacy England, NHS England has agreed to extend the deadline for completion…

13th November 2026

Global Microsoft Outage Affecting Pharmacies

A massive, global Microsoft 365 outage is currently disrupting vital services worldwide. CPE Guidance for Community Pharmacies Because NHS.net is powered by Outlook, pharmacy teams…

13th November 2026

EOI: Bank Holiday Opening Intentions for Easter and May Bank Holidays 2027

Pursuant to paragraph 35(3)(b) of Schedule 4 to the NHS (Pharmaceutical and Local, Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013, as amended, please provide your proposed opening times…

10th November 2026

NHS England Survey – NHS App Medicine Readiness Alerts

NHS England survey on NHS App medicine readiness alerts NHS England is seeking feedback on how community pharmacy teams use prescription tracking and NHS App…

6th November 2026

Pharmacist ACTNow Wellbeing Campaign Returns

Community pharmacy teams continue to face a range of challenges, including workforce pressures, rising patient demand, medicines supply disruptions and incidents of patient aggression. The…

5th November 2026

Second-line Flu Vaccine Guidance

With patient demand for flu vaccinations remaining high, pharmacy contractors are reminded to follow the requirements for the use of second-line flu vaccines. Under the…

5th November 2026

Community Pharmacy England Latest News

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IT outage leads to Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey extension

The deadline for pharmacy owners to complete the 2026 Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey has been extended to 11.59pm on Monday 16th November 2026. NHS England…

13th November 2026

Some NHS systems affected by Microsoft outage

Community pharmacy teams are advised to be aware of an ongoing global Microsoft 365 outage that began yesterday evening (Thursday 12th November) and is continuing…

13th November 2026

MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Enalapril maleate/ Hydrochlorothiazide 20 mg/12.5 mg Tablets (Star Pharmaceuticals Ltd)

MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Enalapril maleate/ Hydrochlorothiazide 20 mg/12.5 mg Tablets (Star Pharmaceuticals Ltd) Drug alert number: EL(26)A/48 Date issued: 12 November 2026 Star…

12th November 2026

PQS: Have you completed the Palliative care questionnaire?

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…

12th November 2026

Pharmacy First: ESPAUR report provides insight into antimicrobial supply from pharmacies

The UK Health Security Agency has published the English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR) report for 2025/26. The report includes data on…

12th November 2026

Medicine Supply Notification: Fixapost®, Vizilatan Duo®, Eysano® preservative free eye drops

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification (MSN) for: Latanoprost 50micrograms/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml (Fixapost®) preservative free eye…

11th November 2026