CPH Annual General Meeting 2025 Update
On Wednesday 2 July 2025 we held our annual general meeting (AGM) at the Fielder Centre in Hatfield.
Networking with colleagues and exhibitors
We had a number of local organisations and sponsors who set up stalls at our networking marketplace. This was a fanatstic start to the evening with many contractors gaining helpful insights and building relationships with new contacts.
CPH – Sharing experiences and local solutions
CPH ran an interactive session, asking contractors to work with others on their tables to discuss best practice and the challenges they are facing right now.
The feedback almost unanimously outlined the following:
Best Practice:
- Complete forms in advance where possible for services.
- Upskill and train pharmacy teams so it is a whole team effort to perform services.
- Utilise appointment systems for all services. Allowing for future planning.
Challenges:
- Incorrect referrals from Gp surgery’s
- Dispensing items at a loss/Drug tariff prices
- MDS Trays and Reviews
- Difficulties sourcing medication forcing patients to go elsewhere
We will be taking this feedback to our committee meeting on 16 July to discuss how we can help with these challenges going forward.
The full slides from CPH can be found here
Baldev Bange, NPA Board Member
Baldev gave a fantastic talk on maximising your pharmacy’s income and reflected on his personal experiences, providing some great insight for pharmacy teams to consider. For more information on this you can look at the NPA website.
Anil Sharma, CPE East of England Representative
Anil joined us at the AGM to have an open discussion on the future of community pahrmacy and the CPCF negotiations. This was another great interactive session with some wonderful feedback from contractors. We are currently working to collate this feedback and will be providing this as soon as it’s ready. Watch this space!
CPH Awards
The evening ended with a celebration of the great work all community pharmacies do across Hertfordshire as well as presenting awards to those who had gone above an beyond.
Wellswood Pharmacy, Borehamwood
Wellswood stole the show, winning three of our four awards.
SL Anderson Pharmacy, Stevenage
SL Anderson won the CPH Contraception Award 2025
We will be posting the nomination videos and full slides in due time. Watch this space!