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Pharmacy Voice
Pharmacy Voice, officially launched on 16 February 2011, is formed by the CCA, the National Pharmacy Association, and the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies. Pharmacy Voice represents community pharmacy owners.
The principal aim of Pharmacy Voice is to enable community pharmacy to fulfil its potential and play an expanded role as a healthcare provider of choice in the new NHS, offering unrivalled accessibility, value and quality for patients and driving forward the medicines optimisation, public health and long term conditions agendas. Pharmacy Voice creates a stronger unified voice for community pharmacy to influence the policy and commissioning agendas for its members.
The chair of Pharmacy Voice is Ian Facer, who is also chair of the NPA, and the CEO is Rob Darracott, CEO of the CCA. The three trade bodies will also continue their usual work (e.g. corporate pharmacy negotiation for the CCA).
The immediate work programme of Pharmacy Voice will include:
- Single Voice: media work to engage members, the public and stakeholders in activities to demonstrate the power of community pharmacy.
- Thought leadership: positioning and discussion papers on key strategic issues.
- Government policy, legislation and regulation: responding to the many consultations such as those related to the public health white paper, working with the All Party Pharmacy Group, influencing the health bill.
- Supply chain: branded generics, specials, dispensing errors, distribution.