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13.06.2008 "Company Chemists' Association and Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies respond to Pharmacy White Paper 'Building on Strengths, Delivering the Future'"

Commenting on the Government's White Paper on pharmacies, released on April 3, CCA and AIMp Ltd Chief Executive, Rob Darracott, said:

"The CCA and AIMp welcome the significant intent by Government to develop the role of the community pharmacist in England, as outlined in the White Paper 'Building on Strengths, Delivering the Future'.

"We fully support as priority areas for urgent action the expansion as a full NHS service of the pharmacists' long-standing role in managing minor ailments, and building on the accessibility of pharmacies as the basis for health promotion advice, health screening services and the delivery of vaccination programmes.

13.06.2008 "It will be implementation that matters - says the CCA"

The Company Chemists' Association (CCA) today welcomed The NHS Next Stage Review Leading Local Change paper and the Government's five pledges to change in the NHS.

Georgina Craig, who leads on commissioning policy for the CCA comments:

"Lord Darzi's five pledges are important, but largely self evident. It goes without saying that change must benefit patients, and that all stakeholders must be involved in decision making. Of course clinical evidence is key. And it would be fundamentally wrong to withdraw services until replacements are well embedded in practice. From a CCA perspective, it matters not that Lord Darzi has made these pledges, but that he and the Government are committed to honouring them in new and fundamentally different ways, moving forward.