The High Court has given the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) permission for a judicial review of the pharmacy funding cuts, the negotiator has confirmed.
According to PSNC, the hearing is planned for the second week of February. Though, the judge “has specified” that if the government asks for a later hearing date, then “the question will rise of whether there should be a postponement in the enactment of the funding cuts although the case is continuing”,
The speaker proclaimed earlier this month that it had sought a judicial review, on the grounds that the Secretary of State “failed to carry out a lawful consultation” on the suggestions for that division.
Two weeks later, the National Pharmacy Association announced that it is also scheduling to take its legal challenge against the cuts to the High Court.
Date: 22 December, 2016
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