The economic analysis of community pharmacy in England has been published by one of its authors Frontier Economics.
It estimated that the cost of community pharmacies providing NHS pharmaceutical services in England equated to £5.063 billion, which included:
- £3.459 billion in pharmacy-level and centralised costs,
- and £1.604 billion in other (hidden, structural and capital) costs
‘This estimate does not include any adjustment for future cost growth associated with expanding the role of community pharmacy in delivering NHS services,’ the report added.
And it suggested that current funding did not cover the full economic cost of providing NHS services for between 97.7-100.0% of pharmacies, and did not cover…
Apr 20 2025
