Community Pharmacy Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent – Your Community Pharmacy portal for Staffs & Stoke-on-Trent

Welcome to the website for Community Pharmacy Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent

We represent the views, interest and priorities of pharmacy contractors across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

CPE Pharmacy Fast Facts

CPE have developed a media lines briefing note for anyone – pharmacy owners, pharmacists, LPCs, or others – asked questions by the press about the Pharmacy First/Pharmacy Contraception Service/Blood Pressure Checks services. To access, please follow the link below

Pharmacy First

More information on the Pharmacy First Service and resources for pharmacy teams can be found on our dedicated Pharmacy First page

Local Prescription Ordering Direct (POD) Pilot

The ICB and Meir PCN are piloting a POD for their patients. For more information and to access the community pharmacy POD flowchart, follow the link

#Pharmacies of Tomorrow

Community Pharmacy England commissioned leading health think tanks Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund to develop a vision for community pharmacy. More information and next steps following on from the resulting independent report can be found on CPE

Covid-19 Dashboard

The NHS is offering treatments to those people with COVID-19 who are at highest risk of becoming seriously ill, supply of LFD test kits through community pharmacy and Covid-19 vaccinations. For more information, visit our Covid-19 Dashboard

LPC News

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LPC AGM and Documents

The CPSSOT final accounts for 2024/25 and the voting form are now available to view and complete (non-CCA members). This was also sent out via…

6th October 2025

Midlands Greener NHS

The Midlands Greener NHS have shared their September newsletter. For more information and to access and sign up for future mailings of this newsletter, click…

24th September 2025

NHSE Midlands Pharmacy Leadership Team Newsletter: Script

The latest Midlands Pharmacy Leadership Team’s Newsletter is now available and features articles on: Latest calls for evidence Latest update on the Community Pharmacy Contractual…

9th September 2025

Pharmacy Show 2025

Registration is open for the 2025 Pharmacy Show at the NEC on 12th and 13th October Welcome to The Pharmacy Show 2025

19th August 2025

New Services Resources

NHSE Midlands have developed a number of new resources to aid service delivery in Community Pharmacies which are available below and on the NHSE Midlands…

4th August 2025

Pharmacy First Claim Period Reduced

Pharmacy owners are reminded that the claim period for Pharmacy First has been reduced to one month and therefore claims for consultations provided in June 2025 must…

27th July 2025

Latest Community Pharmacy England News

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2025/26 Foundation Trainee Pharmacist funding increase

As part of the reform to the initial education and training of pharmacists (IETP), NHS England has taken on delegated responsibilities from the General Pharmaceutical…

7th October 2025

Pharmacy technician development programme – Applications now open

NHS England and the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) have announced the launch of the Pharmacy technician development programme: Preparing for the future. The…

7th October 2025

Pharmacies facing angry and confused patients over Covid jab eligibility

BBC News, The Independent Pharmacy teams have faced major issues in recent days, with many patients booking COVID-19 vaccinations through the National Booking System (NBS)…

7th October 2025