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During The COVID-19 pandemicThe NPA has been keeping community pharmacy in the public eye throughout the pandemic. We would be very grateful if you could fill in a brief survey about coverage of community pharmacy in the national media, and related communications. The findings will help the NPA continue to represent our members effectively. (Please note: you will be directed to an external site; SurveyMonkey is a third party provider, please take a moment to familiarise yourself with their Privacy and Cookie policies. Your data will be used by the NPA as set out in our Data Protection Policy). |
NPA highlights:
14 January 2021
BBC News: Andrew Lane interview
16 March 2020
ITN Evening News. NPA chief executive Mark Lyonette and NPA board member Olivier Picard feature in report on Coronavirus
4 September 2020
Mirror. ‘End of local chemist’ as fears thousands of essential family businesses could close
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/end-local-chemist-fears-thousands-22626141
Mirror. Celebrity doctors back Mirror’s campaign to save Britain’s family chemists
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/celebrity-doctors-back-mirrors-campaign-22631824
Media coverage:
15 October
Pharmacy Business. NPA pleased doctors will get CPCS incentive
https://www.pharmacy.biz/npa-pleased-doctors-will-get-cpcs-incentive/
14 October
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
13 October
C&D. ‘I’ve 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’
29 September
Pharmacy Business. 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
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
31 August
The Pharmacist. CMA must investigate hub and spoke dispensing to ensure ‘level playing field’, says NPA
23 August
Pharmacy Business. 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
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
8 July
The Pharmacist. 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
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
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
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?
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
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’
26 March
ICP. Over 90% of pharmacists want to lead on yearly Covid jabs
20 March
Suffolk News. Bury St Edmunds pharmacists demand action over ‘lack of support’ during coronavirus pandemic
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
9 March
Pharmacy Business. 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
1 March
C&D. NPA chair: It’s time for DH to make good on pharmacy funding promises
17 February
Pharmacy Business. 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
10 February
The Guardian. 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’
4 February
ICP. PHE pulls guidance advising against Covid testing in pharmacies
3 February
Kent Messenger TV. Amish Patel interview on vaccine fears.
29 January
Pharmacy ‘first ports of call’ are disappearing in struggling communities
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
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’
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
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
31 December
Daily Telegraph (paywall). Boris Johnson to move ‘heaven and earth’ to roll out vaccine and ease tough new restrictions
FT (paywall). How does the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine work?
https://www.ft.com/content/52d37cb2-e23c-4881-b7f1-416d554f248e
17 December
ICP. Pharmacy Covid funding petition passes 40,000 signatures
14 December
Conservative Home. Steve Brine: The pharmacists have helped us through this crisis. Yet their future is threatened.
Pharmacy Magazine. AAH axes pharmacy surcharges following critical NPA report
https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/aah-weve-stopped-surcharges-on-pharmacies
11 December
Pharmacy Business. Campaigners urge for COVID-19 funding to save pharmacies from closure
https://www.pharmacy.biz/campaigners-urge-for-covid-19-funding-to-save-pharmacies-from-closure/
ICP. NPA creates 400 placements for unemployed youth
https://www.independentpharmacist.co.uk/654336-npa-reaches-400-placements-in-new-unemployment-scheme
5 December
The Sun. Brits urged to get flu and COVID-19 double vaccination this winter – but at least a week apart
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13394856/patients-urged-to-get-flu-covid-jabs-apart/
25 November
Pharmacy Magazine. Pharmacies need share of NHS £3bn, NPA tells Sunak https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/some-of-the-3bn-outlined-for-nhs-must-go-to-pharmacy-warns-npa
9 November
ICP. NPA ‘won’t stop lobbying for funding support’
https://www.independentpharmacist.co.uk/649715-npa-we-wont-stop-lobbying-for-funding-support
Pharmacy Business. Nearly 70 per cent of UK adults visited pharmacy during pandemic: NPA survey
4 November
C&D. How pharmacy further integrated with NHS during ‘gruelling’ COVID-19
https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/feature/pharmacies-nhs-covid
15 October
Mirror. Local chemists warn they could close just as coronavirus second wave strikes
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/local-chemists-warn-could-close-22850141
8 October
Independent Community Pharmacist. NPA to give ‘hard-hitting’ response to COVID-19 inquiry
28 September
Independent Community Pharmacist. CCA and NPA update crisis guidance for second wave
23 September
C&D. Pharmacist visits Department of Health to give ministers flu jab
21 September
C&D. NPA chair: Momentum is building to address pharmacy underfunding
14 September
Eastern Eye. Chemists urge ‘son of pharmacist’ Rishi Sunak to save community pharmacies
https://www.easterneye.biz/chemists-urge-son-of-pharmacist-rishi-sunak-to-save-community-pharmacies/
13 September
Mirror. 1,300 pharmacies beg chemist’s son Rishi Sunak to save them from closure
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/1300-pharmacies-beg-chemists-son-22675202
Mirror. Jackie Doyle-Price: Stop quibbling over pharmacy funds and avert a national tragedy
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/jackie-doyle-price-stop-quibbling-22675215
8 September
Eastern Eye. ‘Community pharmacies have been among the true heroes of the coronavirus pandemic’
7 September
Mirror. Pharmacies could get more cash – but only if they provide more services says Matt Hancock
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/pharmacies-could-more-cash-only-22644024
C+D. APPG chair: Government must ‘get to grips’ with pharmacy funding
https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/news/appg-chair-government-get-to-grips-with-funding
5 September
Your Thurrock. Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price concerned over future of pharmacies
4 September
Mirror. ‘End of local chemist’ as fears thousands of essential family businesses could close
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/end-local-chemist-fears-thousands-22626141
Mirror. Celebrity doctors back Mirror’s campaign to save Britain’s family chemists
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/celebrity-doctors-back-mirrors-campaign-22631824
C+D. 72% of English pharmacies will be in deficit by 2024, report predicts
https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/news/72-english-pharmacies-deficit-2024-report-predicts
3 September
Mirror. Voice of the Mirror: Local chemists need more support so they can survive
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/voice-mirror-local-chemists-need-22626236.amp
28 August
C&D. The pharmacist naval captain who saw his ship lit up for Diwali
https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/feature/pharmacist-naval-captain-who-lit-ship-hindu-festival
Pharmacy Business. Pharmacy Show rescheduled for next year
https://www.pharmacy.biz/pharmacy-show-rescheduled-for-next-year/
27 August
ICP. Pharmacies invited to register interest in ANI scheme
https://www.independentpharmacist.co.uk/638166-pharmacies-invited-to-register-interest-in-ani-scheme
26 August
Pharmacy Magazine. Pharmacy Show postponed to 2021
https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/pharmacy-show-postponed-to-2021
25 August
In Touch, BBC Radio 4. Head of Corporate Affairs, Gareth Jones, was interviewed about the issue of drug supplies when the Brexit transition period comes to an end.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000m10j
20 August
C&D. NPA: Proposed PSNC overhaul “must work” for whole sector
https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/news/npa-proposed-psnc-overhaul-must-work-whole-sector
14 August
Primary Care Journal. Putting pharmacy into the NHS team
https://primarycarejournal.co.uk/newsdit-article/758b1de415c2fb1f95fb4cd21ce8957e/
10 August
ICP. Ask Your Pharmacist week returns in November
https://www.independentpharmacist.co.uk/623779-ask-your-pharmacist-week-returns-in-november
6 August
Pharmacy Business. PM visits pharmacy in his constituency.
https://www.pharmacy.biz/pm-visits-pharmacy-in-his-constituency/
24 July
Sky. Expansion of flu jab programme to reach 30 million in England to mitigate impact of COVID-19
15 July
Daily Telegraph. Pharmacy closures set to be reversed in fight against coronavirus
14 July
The Sun. WINTER IS COMING Flu jabs ‘free to every Brit over 50’ in biggest vaccination programme, says Hancock
https://www.the-sun.com/news/1133981/flu-jabs-free-brits-over-50-biggest-vaccination-programme/
Metro. COVID-19 immunity might only last three months
https://www.metro.news/covid-immunity-might-only-last-three-months/2077910/
13 July
I News. Coronavirus in the UK: COVID-19 deaths rise by lowest number since mid-March
https://inews.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-deaths-united-kingdom-rise-figure-536356
9 July
Eastern Eye. ‘Pharmacies deserve support after pandemic pressure’
https://www.easterneye.biz/pharmacies-deserve-support-after-pandemic-pressure/
29 June
Daily Telegraph. Pharmacies warned not to hike prices of hand sanitiser and face masks
26 May
Mirror. Pharmacies and chemists issue coronavirus cash crisis warning to Boris Johnson
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/pharmacies-chemists-issue-coronavirus-cash-22084272
The Times. Community chemists tell Boris Johnson they face financial ruin over higher drugs bills and PPE costs (login needed)
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/https-www-thetimes-co-uk-article-article-3fr8pdxxf-3fr8pdxxf
21 May
Hidden Harms domestic violence summit:
10 May
Sunday Express. NPA chair Andrew Lane’s opinion column on coronavirus testing.
5 May
ITV. Welsh Government launches volunteer-run prescription delivery service for people self-isolating
12 April
Daily Telegraph. Jackie Doyle-Price MP calls for more support for pharmacies in the light of COVID-19
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/04/12/nations-health-fighting-covid-19/
7 April
BBC South interview with Andrew Lane.
BBC News. Living Care feature in report on deliveries.
6 April
BBC News report featuring Reena Barai and Andrew Lane :
3 April
Andrew Lane’s Sky News interview on pharmacy teams being tested for COVID-19:
Gareth Jones interview BBC Radio West Midlands on medicines supply (3hr 23mins)
NPA board member Amish Patel on LBC radio last night talking about community pharmacy teams on the frontline: (50mins into the show)
2 April
Sky News at 7.30am with Andrew Lane:
30 March
Sky News. NPA chair, Andrew Lane interview
27 March
ITV News. Coronavirus: Pharmacies facing pressure as the demand for drugs drastically rises
25 March
Mirror. Coronavirus: Boy brings pharmacist to tears with note thanking him for “amazing” job
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/coronavirus-boy-10-brings-pharmacist-21750414
24 March
Evening Standard. Pharmacies urge public to ‘only buy medicine you need now’ amid coronavirus stockpiling fears
16 March
ITN Evening News. NPA chief executive Mark Lyonette and NPA board member Olivier Picard feature in report on Coronavirus
8 March
Observer. A personal account of life as a pharmacist during COVID-19 by NPA board member Olivier Picard, among other key workers
Past Media coverage |
31/07/2019 – National Health Executive – National Pharmacy Association: Community pharmacy in the digital age
31/07/2019 – C&D – NPA: ‘Notable number’ of anticoagulant dispensing errors in 3 months
23/07/2019 – C&D – Lloyds pharmacy will expand automation, but warns of flat funding
23/07/2019 – Training Matters – ‘A curate’s egg’ – responses to funding deal come in
23/07/2019 – The Pharmacist – Mixed reaction to English community pharmacy contract
16/07/2019 – ICP – NPA: Check status of CBD products or risk insurance cover
01/07/2019 – Pharmacy Biz – ‘GPs can refer 20 million patients to community pharmacy each year’
26/06/2019 – The Pharmacist – It’s no wonder that contractors are feeling conflicted about PCNs
24/06/2019 – P3 Pharmacy – GP DMIRS could send 20m patients to community pharmacy
24/06/2019 – The Pharmacist – Pharmacy minister ‘alert’ to sector’s financial pressures
21/06/2019 – C&D – Should you sell CBD products in your pharmacy?
21/06/2019 – Pharmacy mag – (NPA conference) No conclusive evidence of hub and spoke benefits in pharmacy
21/06/2019 – P3 Pharmacy – (NPA conference) Pharmacy minister “alert to financial pressures”
21/06/2019 – ICP mag – (NPA conference) No conclusive evidence of hub and spoke benefits
21/06/2019 – ICP mag – (NPA conference) Lennox: LPCs should co-ordinate contact with PCNs
21/06/2019 – C&D – (NPA conference) Hancock wants pharmacists to provide more urgent care, ‘like France’
21/06/2019 – C&D – (NPA conference) Pharmacy minister: Contract will reward offering a range of services
21/06/2019 – Pharmacy Mag – (NPA conference) Matt Hancock: “People trust pharmacists”