28/02/2026
Following our recent meeting at the House of Lords where Phil and I, alongside fellow Pharmacists, highlighted the financial difficulties which all Pharmacies are experiencing, we were absolutely delighted to welcome the MP for Penrith & Solway, Markus Campbell-Savours MP, to Cowper’s Chemist. He spent time listening to the complicated issues that surround Pharmacy funding as a whole and took the opportunity to experience one of the NHS Pharmacy initiatives available to patients by getting his blood pressure checked. The Hypertension case finding service aims to identify those over 40yrs who may be at risk from high blood pressure.
As reported both at local and national levels, NHS Pharmacy funding has decreased in real terms over the last 10-15 years whilst demand for our services, from patients, has never been higher. The National Pharmaceutical Association (NPA) alongside Community Pharmacy England (CPE) and Community Pharmacists nationwide are calling on the government to recognise the vital role which Community Pharmacy plays within the NHS, and to ensure pharmacies are reimbursed properly for the work they carry out with a strategy for vital long term funding.
(Cowper's Chemist in Penrith, Cumbria is part of Joseph Cowper Ltd Est 1899)
