Paul Rees MBE TasB Independent Pharmacy Contractors Network Look at all the replies you have had from contractors Paul, there's no debate going on here, just disagreement with you view. Can you clarify if this is an official National Pharmacy Association stand point?

These numbers single handedly display and prove that Community Pharmacies can support NHS & our GP’s. However, we need to emphasise & keep on highlighting financial pressures that contractors are facing, CPE needs to keep on fighting our corner. Community Pharmacy England Independent Pharmacy Contractors Network

Derviş Gürol MPharm PG Dip (Law) Community Pharmacy England Independent Pharmacy Contractors Network The biggest issue the service is throwing up is the position of the "gateways" - needs urgent attention We are doing significant amount of free triage to a much more detailed level compared to the essential service for advice and self care. This needs to be funded as well.

TasB Adeel Sarwar AAH Pharmaceuticals MHRAgovuk Independent Pharmacy Contractors Network Community Pharmacy England Is this another Post Office like rouse? "You are the only person that experienced this"? More work for pharmacists Not only spending time shopping around but now have to check that the price offered & accepted is the invoiced price How would branches know what price you agreed?

TasB Ben Merriman @EMISHealth Community Pharmacy England NHS England Department of Health and Social Care Independent Pharmacy Contractors Network @AIMpharmacies National Pharmacy Association Chemist+Druggist The sordid issue here is the constant Look to monetise systems used by healthcare providers to do their basic jobs Why aren't these system either owned and operated by providers Or provided free of charge by nhse Yet another think we have to spend hours trying to sort

Today we launched our #Fight4Pharmacies campaign at Westminster. There was a lot of interest & engagement with the media &parliamentarians. Thank you to all our #pharmacy champions that attended and throughout the day highlighted the realities facing our sector.

AAH Pharmaceuticals You owe me £2600. Please return the money. Community Pharmacy England wholesalers are acting like cartels. They are not delivering, make us jump hoops to order items we dispense at a loss ultimately effecting patient care. Something needs to be done.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/… TasB Community Pharmacy England National Pharmacy Association Independent Pharmacies Association (IPA) Graham Phillips: The Pharmacist Who Gave Up Drugs razalghul Sri Kanaparthy Department of Health and Social Care NHS England Waqas Ahmad MPHARM IPresc MRPharmS 🇵🇸 Ian strachan Leyla Hannbeck Mike Hewitson nick kaye Paul Rees MBE Reena Barai Aftab Rehman

TasB Independent Pharmacy Contractors Network Community Pharmacy England National Pharmacy Association Independent Pharmacies Association (IPA) Graham Phillips: The Pharmacist Who Gave Up Drugs razalghul Sri Kanaparthy Department of Health and Social Care NHS England Waqas Ahmad MPHARM IPresc MRPharmS 🇵🇸 Ian strachan Leyla Hannbeck Mike Hewitson nick kaye Paul Rees MBE Reena Barai Aftab Rehman Ben Merriman Chemist+Druggist Chris Armstrong @_huz2 Prab Channa Rifat Asghar-Hussain Janet Morrison We now have to display a poster asking patients not to be abusive due to drug shortages. Unfortunately, some patients are getting worried & extremely aggressive thinking its our fault. More public information campaigns needed to educate patients that pharmacies aren’t responsible

This is serious. This is real. #drugshortagesuk

Independent Pharmacy Contractors Network TasB Community Pharmacy England National Pharmacy Association Independent Pharmacies Association (IPA) Graham Phillips: The Pharmacist Who Gave Up Drugs razalghul Sri Kanaparthy Department of Health and Social Care NHS England Waqas Ahmad MPHARM IPresc MRPharmS 🇵🇸 Ian strachan Leyla Hannbeck Mike Hewitson nick kaye Paul Rees MBE Reena Barai Aftab Rehman I also have over a decade of experience in Community Pharmacy and it has never been so bad. Instead of serving the public I am spending hours every day trying to source vital medication for patients. This is not sustainable and we are on the brink of collapse

Good to speak on BBC Breakfast this morning about the ongoing medicines supply issues & the impact on patient care. Also well done to Ian strachan for highlighting on the programme how pharmacists are struggling on a daily basis& how on many occasions they are left out of pocket

Abolition of NHSE - a view from Community Pharmacy ‘Since its creation in 2012, NHS England (NHSE) has presided over the systematic dismantling of community pharmacy…’ linkedin.com/pulse/abolitio…

Community Pharmacy Funding: Falling Behind Inflation & Wage Increases Since 2019, community pharmacy funding in England has been frozen at £2.592 billion per year. But what if funding had kept pace with inflation and the rising National Minimum Wage (NMW)? The Reality: If

For those who celebrate, may this Nowruz bring you and your loved ones health, happiness, and success.

The future of RPS must be about championing and strengthening the pharmacist profession and people leading it must be of that mindset. Anything outside of that would not only be a betrayal to the profession but to patient care.

ipcn.org.uk for contact details and how to join. We look forward to welcoming you to our collective.

Contractor WhatsApp group becomes ‘formal’ cooperative ow.ly/xgvL50Vyjl7 An independent contractor WhatsApp group @ipcnetwork has "formally incorporated" as a fledgling cooperative organisation to be a voice for independent contractors #Pharmacy

A big thank you to Anneliese Midgley MP for visting and re-opening our pharmacy after an extension and refurb. She affirmed her commitment to community pharmacy which we are grateful to her for. Independent Pharmacy Contractors Network Community Pharmacy England Independent Community Pharmacist Chemist+Druggist

BREAKING: IPCN launches insurance at £3k less per year than ‘other providers’ chemistanddruggist.co.uk/news/business/… The Independent Pharmacy Contractors Network has launched a “tailored” #insurance offering with lower premiums for its members, C+D has learned…