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December 15th 2025

Wales commits to developing a new dispensing GP contract

DDA Welsh Chair Dr Fiona Porter will be part of a new working group aiming to deliver a new dispensing doctor contract in Wales. The creation of the group comes as part of a pledge in the new GMS contract for Wales for 2025/26 to review dispensing G

December 11th 2025

Lords inquiry calls for improved generics communication

Improved patient information around generics was discussed in the third oral evidence session of the Lords’ inquiry into medicines security. During the session, health and care minister Dr Zubir Ahmed MP said that an NHS communications and inf

November 26th 2025

Second DDA podcast tackles sustainable dispensing in Wales

"They expect excellence  but are paying for base-line survival". That sums up many of the challenges facing dispensing practices in Wales, according to DDA Wales chair Dr Fiona Porter in this podcast.  Listen in to hear the work she is doi

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November 13th 2025

DDA lobby heard as dispensing sustainability is raised in Welsh Senedd

The sustainability of dispensing practice in Wales has been debated in the Welsh Senedd, following representation by the DDA. In a debate informed by a DDA written submission to a Senedd inquiry, Plaid Cymru MS Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)

November 5th 2025

Purchasing risk highlighted in Lords' medicines security inquiry

“Pharmacies take all the risk of purchasing medicines without any certainty of the final reimbursement price until a price concession is granted by DHSC, with the majority not announced until the end of month. The current reimbursement system r

November 3rd 2025

DDA lobbies for a Welsh dispensing contract in Senedd inquiry

A new Wales-specific dispensing contract, independent of English negotiations, based on capitation-based funding is among the recommendations to Welsh politicians from DDA Wales. The new contract is just one of 10 recommendations to the Senedd Healt

November 3rd 2025

Dispensing included in GPCE negotiating expectations

GPC England has urged the health secretary to deliver fully funded practice IT and EPS for dispensing practices in the forthcoming GP contract for England negotiations. In a letter to Wes Streeting, General Practitioners Committee England Chair

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