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<p>We have long recognised that community pharmacy teams play a vital role in improving
people’s health, preventing ill-health and helping to reduce health inequalities.
Informed by a growing evidence base, we have enabled community pharmacy to deliver
a wide range of public health services. We have actively supported the implementation
of Healthy Living Pharmacies, with qualified health champions on site reaching out
to, and improving the health of, people in their communities.</p><p>Public Health
England (PHE) keeps under review the progress that pharmacy is making on keeping people
healthy and is providing system leadership for pharmacy’s public health role and strategic
leadership for the acceleration and spread of Healthy Living Pharmacies across the
country. PHE’s vision for pharmacy is one in which community pharmacy teams are fully
integrated into the local primary care networks, playing an appropriate and pivotal
role in improving the health of people in England. PHE has built a strong relationship
with the sector, seeking to utilise its unique offering of access, location and an
informal environment, with trusted staff that reflect the background of the communities
that they serve. PHE is embedding pharmacy in its priority public health programmes
such as prevention, early detection and management of blood pressure, NHS Health Checks
and smoking cessation.</p>
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