Labour

Business environment,

Burnham leaves door open to supporting struggling pharmacies with business rates

Andy Burnham may support pharmacies with tax cuts to help them cope with wage increases if he becomes prime minister.

06 Jul 2026

NPA: Labour must ‘explicitly account’ for wage rises during funding settlements

The National Pharmacy Association said the national living wage “added to existing financial pressures” for 90 per cent of independents.

02 Jul 2026

Public health,

Pharmacies in Leicester and Northamptonshire to take part in Labour’s obesity care project

The Government’s obesity pathway innovation programme will increase weight management support for people in the UK.

01 Jul 2026

Regulations,

Government proposes reform of pharmacy appeals process

Both ‘fitness’ and ‘operational’ appeals from contractors to be heard by NHS Resolution under proposals

26 Jun 2026

Financial Management & Funding,

We must talk about pharmacist prescribing for complex conditions ‘sooner rather than later’

Numark chair Harry McQuillan said the 2026-27 funding talks raised the question 'are we being ambitious enough?'

19 Jun 2026

Clinical services,

Labour didn’t have the money to expand pharmacist prescribing to complex conditions

CPE chief executive Janet Morrison said "governance, clinical structures, digital and staff training" must be in place.

02 Jun 2026

Contract,

Pharmacy funding for 2026-27 step in right direction but contract is broken, says NPA

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has called for “urgent talks” with Labour despite £340 million increase in funding.

29 May 2026

Labour warns pharmacies will break the law if they refuse to dispense loss-making drugs

The Department of Health and Social Care told ICP that dispensing at a loss was “not a valid reason for refusing to dispense".

22 May 2026

Regulations,

NPA and IPA assess pharmacies’ legal position if they stop dispensing loss-making drugs

NPA chairman Olivier Picard said it was uncertain if pharmacies would lose their NHS contracts.

20 May 2026

Public health,

Medicine Box Ltd goes into liquidation six years after getting £40m PPE contract

Labour has submitted a claim to the company’s liquidators to recover some or all of that public money.

19 May 2026

Contract,

Streeting’s exit will hit pharmacy if it leads to Kinnock’s departure

Numark chair Harry McQuillan is worried Wes Streeting’s resignation as health secretary could see pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock leave.

15 May 2026

Policy,

Streeting resigns as health secretary as PM accused of leadership ‘vacuum’

Streeting tells Starmer it would be 'dishonourable' to remain in post

14 May 2026

Public health,

NPA research will discover what patients think about community pharmacists prescribing

The National Pharmacy Association also wants to get a clearer picture of the challenges prescribing pharmacists face.

12 May 2026

Public health,

Labour pledges to commission pharmacies to provide catch-up HPV vaccines

NPA chief executive Henry Gregg urged Labour to commission pharmacies “to take part in all national vaccination campaigns”.

20 Apr 2026

Integrated care,

Very few people with pharmacy expertise in ICBs increases queries for LPCs

Community Pharmacy Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire chief officer Nick Hunter believes LPCs are getting more queries.

16 Apr 2026

Financial Management & Funding,

NPA: Community pharmacy investment gives NHS ‘better return than ARRS ever can’

National Pharmacy Association director of corporate affairs Gareth Jones was reacting to pay rises for ARRS staff.

31 Mar 2026

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Burnham leaves door open to supporting struggling pharmacies with business rates

NPA: Labour must ‘explicitly account’ for wage rises during funding settlements

Pharmacies in Leicester and Northamptonshire to take part in Labour’s obesity care project

Government proposes reform of pharmacy appeals process

We must talk about pharmacist prescribing for complex conditions ‘sooner rather than later’

Labour didn’t have the money to expand pharmacist prescribing to complex conditions

Pharmacy funding for 2026-27 step in right direction but contract is broken, says NPA

Labour warns pharmacies will break the law if they refuse to dispense loss-making drugs

NPA and IPA assess pharmacies’ legal position if they stop dispensing loss-making drugs

Medicine Box Ltd goes into liquidation six years after getting £40m PPE contract

Streeting’s exit will hit pharmacy if it leads to Kinnock’s departure

Streeting resigns as health secretary as PM accused of leadership ‘vacuum’

NPA research will discover what patients think about community pharmacists prescribing

Labour pledges to commission pharmacies to provide catch-up HPV vaccines

Very few people with pharmacy expertise in ICBs increases queries for LPCs

NPA: Community pharmacy investment gives NHS ‘better return than ARRS ever can’