The National Pharmacy Association, in collaboration with the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies (AIMp) and the Independent Pharmacy Federation (IPF) is consulting on A Manifesto for Independent Community Pharmacy.

The Manifesto will be a statement of the needs and aspirations of independent community pharmacy. It will set out the overarching threats and opportunities for independents and consider solutions at a strategic and operational level. We believe that the issues confronting the sector and the choices it has to make are of such magnitude that a strategic review of this kind – based on wide grassroots engagement - is required.

The scope extends to all areas of the operating environment for pharmacies – including public policy, NHS and public health commissioning, the medicines supply chain, professional regulation and contractual arrangements.

We intend to build the Manifesto from the ground up – with wide and deep engagement amongst independent pharmacy owners across the UK.

WE INVITE YOU TO PLAY YOUR PART IN THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT. You can make your views known at one of a series if engagement events and by answering the following questions:

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* 1. Your name:

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* 2. Your pharmacy name:

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* 3. NPA Membership number:

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* 4. What is an independent community pharmacy? What makes independents special?

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* 5. What are your most important assets?

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* 6. What could the NHS, regulators or others do to help you deliver even better patient care?

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* 7. Where do you want your business to be positioned 5 years from now?

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* 8. What is the single biggest opportunity for independent pharmacies over the next 5 years?

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* 9. Being pro independents does not mean a default position of anti-multiples - indeed there are many fundamentally shared interests. Do you agree?

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