Daily Mail. Pharmacists to get more power: Chemists will prescribe extra drugs and treat wider range of illnesses under plan to free up GPs for face-to-face appointments

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10090127/Pharmacists-power-Chemists-prescribe-extra-drugs-treat-wider-range-illnesses.html

13 October

C&D. ‘I’ve done my bit’: Sajid Javid receives flu jab at London pharmacy

https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/CD135644/Ive-done-my-bit-Sajid-Javid-receives-flu-jab-at-London-pharmacy

5 October

Pharmacy Business. Pharmacy bodies collaborate to form group to optimise patient safety

https://www.pharmacy.biz/pharmacy-bodies-collaborate-to-form-group-to-optimise-patient-safety/

2 October

Daily Express. UK medicine supply fears: Pharmacy shortages possible ‘in days’

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1499948/petrol-crisis-hgv-driver-shortage-pharmacy-medicine-chaos-andrew-lane-uk-goverment-latest

29 September

Pharmacy Business. Fuel shortage raises concerns over continuance of health services, medicine deliveries

https://www.pharmacy.biz/fuel-shortage-raises-concerns-over-continuance-of-health-services-medicine-deliveries/

27 September

Pharmacy Magazine. Report calls for collaboration within new care structures

https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/news/report-calls-for-collaboration-within-new-care-structures

26 September

Guardian. UK pharmacies in dark about ministers’ plan to maintain drug supplies

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/sep/26/uk-pharmacies-in-the-dark-about-ministers-plan-to-maintain-drug-supplies

24 September

ICP. Hub-and-spoke…questions, questions and more questions

https://www.independentpharmacist.co.uk/hub-and-spoke—questions-questions-and-more-questions

22 September

ICP. Ridge review finds 10pc of all prescribed medicines unnecessary

https://www.independentpharmacist.co.uk/811171-ridge-review-finds-10pc-of-all-prescribed-medicines-unnecessary

31 August

The Pharmacist. CMA must investigate hub and spoke dispensing to ensure ‘level playing field’, says NPA

https://www.thepharmacist.co.uk/news/cma-must-investigate-hub-and-spoke-dispensing-to-ensure-level-playing-field-says-np/

23 August

Pharmacy Business. Pharmacy funding for 2021/22 remains unchanged at £2.59bn; stakeholders disappointed

https://www.pharmacy.biz/pharmacy-funding-for-2021-22-remains-unchanged-at-2-59bn-stakeholders-disappointed/

15 August

Pharmacies to take central role in UK autumn vaccine boosters

https://www.ft.com/content/c1432a78-31e7-4764-8d7b-c4cfd2535cf0

6 August

Pharmacy Magazine. Opinion: Time to take integration seriously

https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/opinion/time-to-take-integration-seriously

5 August

P3. Pharmacies rated most essential service in new poll

https://www.p3pharmacy.co.uk/788847-pharmacies-rated-most-essential-local-service-in-new-poll

2 August

Daily Mail. Britain’s Covid booster vaccine drive will begin next month: ALL over-50s to receive third dose – and they may get it alongside their annual flu jab

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9851367/Booster-vaccine-drive-begins-month-50s-dose-alongside-annual-flu-jab.html

LBC. Olivier Picard on the Shelagh Fogarty Show.

https://www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/uk/episodes/2zGmDvyBtGdvmrDrw2mMpWNVv8/

Interview starts at 1 hour, 11 mins into show.

1 August

Daily Telegraph. Vaccine booster shots for 32m to begin next month

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/08/01/vaccine-booster-shots-32m-begin-next-month/

30 July

The Mirror. Overwhelming public support for having a Covid-19 booster jab at local pharmacy

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/overwhelming-public-support-having-covid-24652597

21 July

In Your Area. Pharmacists’ race against time for mental health charity

https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/pharmacists-race-against-time-for-mental-health-charity/

20 July

ICP. NHSE: Pharmacy must speak ‘as one’ to gain power

https://www.independentpharmacist.co.uk/786940-nhse-pharmacy-must-speak-as-one-to-gain-power

14 July

C&D. NI pharmacies hit 100k COVID jabs as NPA calls for Brexit meds deal

https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/CD007285/NI-pharmacies-hit-100k-COVID-jabs-as-NPA-calls-for-Brexit-meds-deal

8 July

The Pharmacist. Post-Brexit deal on medicines into Northern Ireland ‘urgently’ needed to avoid shortages, NPA warns

https://www.thepharmacist.co.uk/news/post-brexit-deal-on-medicines-into-northern-ireland-urgently-needed-to-avoid-shortages-npa-warns/

6 July

The Pharmacist. Mask wearing should continue in pharmacies, bodies urge

https://www.thepharmacist.co.uk/news/covid-19/mask-wearing-should-continue-in-pharmacies-bodies-urge/

5 July

C&D. NPA celebrates centenary with 100 cheers for pharmacy

https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/news/npa-celebrates-centenary-100-cheers-pharmacy

C&D. Jo Churchill: DH committed to Matt Hancock’s vision for pharmacy

https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/news/jo-churchill-dh-committed-matt-hancocks-vision-pharmacy

27 June

Pharmacy Magazine. Javid urged to support pharmacy

https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/pharmacy-bodies-urged-javid-to-support-pharmacy

17 June

The Pharmacist. Pharmacists could give health MOTs alongside vaccinations, NHS says

https://www.thepharmacist.co.uk/news/covid-19/pharmacists-could-give-health-mots-alongside-vaccinations-nhs-says/

11 June

Pharmacy Magazine. Opinion: Pharmacy still a fantastic career option

https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/opinion-pharmacy-still-a-fantastic-career-option

Pharmacy Business. PDA backs NPA campaign to save pharmacies

https://www.pharmacy.biz/pda-backs-npa-campaign-to-save-pharmacies/

3 June

Pharmacy Magazine. Pay concerns ‘driving retention issues in pharmacy’

https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/pay-concerns-driving-retention-issues-in-pharmacy

1 June

ICP. A prescription for progress

https://www.independentpharmacist.co.uk/a-prescription-for-progress-

19 May

Daily Express – Boris Johnson under fire over pharmacy Covid debt crisis – ‘Keep your promise!’ – Research by the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) found 72 percent of community pharmacies are on track to be in debt by 2024. The NPA is urging Mr Johnson to wave debt on the £370 million in loans the industry received during the Covid-19 pandemic. To highlight its concern the association sent campaign vans to Westminster and Uxbridge, the Prime Minister’s west London constituency.

C+D – NPA drives campaign van to Parliament urging COVID costs to be covered – C+D joined the NPA as it drove a van from Boris Johnson’s London constituency to Westminster campaigning for the government to cover pharmacy’s COVID-related costs.

14 May

ICP. NPA launches mental health initiative to mark centenary

https://www.independentpharmacist.co.uk/755667-npa-launches-mental-health-initiative-to-mark-centenary

11 May

Pharmacy Business. Pharma bodies give mixed response to Queen’s Speech

https://www.pharmacy.biz/pharma-bodies-give-mixed-response-to-queens-speech/

10 May

C&D. Is this how we make hub-and-spoke work for all independent pharmacies?

https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/news/how-do-we-make-hub-and-spoke-work-all-independent-pharmacies

4 May

Pharmacy Business. NPA at 100: Reflecting on a century of changes in community pharmacy

https://www.pharmacy.biz/npa-at-100-reflecting-on-a-century-of-changes-in-community-pharmacy/

Kent Online. Role of community pharmacy constantly changing says Amish Patel who runs Hodgson Pharmacy in Longfield

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/pharmacies-are-about-people-not-just-pills-246624/

Pharmacy Business. London mayor Sadiq Khan is ‘in awe of community pharmacy’

https://www.pharmacy.biz/exclusive-london-mayor-sadiq-khan-is-in-awe-of-community-pharmacy/

C&D. MP and NPA urge NHS to allow pharmacy provision of HIV drug PrEP

https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/news/mp-and-npa-urge-nhs-allow-pharmacy-access-hiv-drug-prep-0

29 April

Pharmacy Business. Natural justice demands repayment of Covid costs, says NPA as annual contract negotiations begin

https://www.pharmacy.biz/natural-justice-demands-repayment-of-covid-costs-says-npa-as-annual-contract-negotiations-begin/

22 April

Wales Online. Inside a community pharmacy as they join the Covid-19 vaccine effort

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/inside-community-pharmacy-join-covid-20436401

15 April

Pharmacy Business. NPA completes 100 years; plans various events to celebrate its centenary

https://www.pharmacy.biz/npa-completes-100-years-plans-various-events-to-celebrate-its-centenary/

14 April

Herts Advertiser. St Albans-based pharmacy association celebrates centenary

https://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/pharmacy-association-celebrates-centenary-7898358

31 March

Pharmacy Magazine. NPA funding petition nears 90k signatures after protests

https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/npa-funding-petition-nears-90k-signatures

Daily Express. Camilla puts hands together for unsung pharmacy heroes

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1417173/camilla-nhs-clap-for-heroes-pharmacy-workers

27 March

Bucks Free Press – ‘A tough year battling the coronavirus – pharmacist teams are weary but proud’

https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/19190218.a-tough-year-battling-coronavirus—pharmacist-teams-weary-proud/

26 March

ICP. Over 90% of pharmacists want to lead on yearly Covid jabs

https://www.independentpharmacist.co.uk/680982-pharmacists-say-they-want-to-spearhead-annual-covid-jabs

20 March

Suffolk News. Bury St Edmunds pharmacists demand action over ‘lack of support’ during coronavirus pandemic

https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/bury-st-edmunds/news/what-are-you-going-to-do-about-it-pharmacists-demand-act-9191675/

16 March

Pharmacy Business. Covid-19: A view from the community pharmacy frontline, one year on

https://www.pharmacy.biz/covid-19-a-view-from-the-community-pharmacy-frontline-one-year-on/

12 March

The Mirror. Pharmacists ramp up pressure on Rishi Sunak and top Tories to cover Covid costs

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/pharmacists-ramp-up-pressure-rishi-23703384

Sky News. The simple hand signal that lets people know you’re in danger – and other ways to ask for help

https://news.sky.com/story/the-simple-hand-signal-that-lets-people-know-youre-in-danger-and-other-ways-to-ask-for-help-12243563

9 March

Pharmacy Business. NPA members take funding campaign to ministers’ own backyards; MPs debate pharmacy in Commons

https://www.pharmacy.biz/npa-members-take-funding-campaign-to-ministers-own-backyards-mps-debate-pharmacy-in-commons/

8 March

Pharmacy Business. NPA pharmacy jobs scheme reaches 100 milestone

https://www.pharmacy.biz/npa-pharmacy-jobs-scheme-reaches-100-milestone/

3 March

ICP. Pharmacy leaders condemn ‘exasperating’ Sunak budget

https://www.independentpharmacist.co.uk/668787-pharmacy-leaders-condemn-exasperating-sunak-budget

BBC. Contraception: Should the pill be sold over the counter?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56147693

Pharmacy Magazine. NPA deal with Medicspot enables pharmacies to sell Covid-19 PCR tests

https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/npa-deal-with-medicspot-enables-pharmacies-to-sell-covid-19-pcr-tests

1 March

C&D. NPA chair: It’s time for DH to make good on pharmacy funding promises

https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/opinion/npa-chair-its-time-dh-make-good-pharmacy-funding-promises

17 February

Pharmacy Business. NHS lowers minimum threshold to 400 jabs a week for pharmacy-led vaccination sites

https://www.pharmacy.biz/nhs-lowers-minimum-threshold-to-400-jabs-a-week-for-pharmacy-led-vaccination-sites/

16 February

C&D. GPhC changes position on sale of COVID-19 rapid antibody tests

https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/news/gphc-reviews-its-position-sale-covid-19-rapid-antibody-tests

10 February

The Guardian. Pharmacists in England considering strike action over Covid debts

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/10/pharmacists-in-england-considering-strike-action-over-covid-debts

5 February

The Independent. On the vaccination frontline: ‘A bike shop owner said we could use half of his store for free’

https://inews.co.uk/news/health/vaccination-frontline-bike-shop-owner-store-free-raj-patel-hollowood-85995

4 February

ICP. PHE pulls guidance advising against Covid testing in pharmacies

https://www.independentpharmacist.co.uk/663864-phe-pulls-guidance-advising-against-covid-testing-in-pharmacies

29 January

Pharmacy ‘first ports of call’ are disappearing in struggling communities

https://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/news-and-analysis/features/pharmacy-first-ports-of-call-are-disappearing-in-struggling-communities/20208763.article

28 January

Pharmacy Business. More pharmacies join network of over 1,400 vaccination sites

https://www.pharmacy.biz/more-pharmacies-join-network-of-over-1400-vaccination-sites/

21 January

ICP. Another 65 pharmacies begin Covid vaccinations

https://www.independentpharmacist.co.uk/661122-another-65-pharmacies-begin-covid-vaccinations

20 January

The Independent: On the vaccination front line: pharmacists feel close to our patients – we’re honoured to be involved in jabs

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/comment/vaccination-front-line-pharmacist-vaccine-rollout-836906

14 January

BBC News: Andrew Lane interview

https://youtu.be/mLjyOy0TQGU

BBC: Covid-19: High Street chemists start vaccinations in England

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55649947

Independent: Codeword scheme in pharmacies to give domestic abuse victims ‘lifeline’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/domestic-abuse-pharmacies-codeword-scheme-boots-b1786810.html

Eastern Eye: Let local pharmacists help with vaccinations

https://www.easterneye.biz/let-local-pharmacists-help-with-vaccinations/

13 January

ICP. NPA and RPS celebrate milestone anniversaries

https://www.independentpharmacist.co.uk/659320-npa-and-rps-celebrate-milestone-anniversaries

8 January

Pharmacy Magazine. Vulnerable communities will get vaccine says minister

https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/people-at-risk-of-missing-covid-vaccine-will-get-one-says-equalities-minister

BBC News: NPA Chair, Andrew Lane discusses COVID vaccinations.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcnews

7 January

NPA took part in important, can-do meeting with Kemi Badenoch, Jo Churchill and Nadhim Zahawi.

5 January

FT: Frontline UK teams query ability to vaccinate most vulnerable

https://www.ft.com/content/62422c11-3c63-4c70-a196-610d26fd2cb2