Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2025 – 2026
Pharmacy Quality Scheme 2025/26
CPNS have selected the resources listed below from the CPE PQS resource page, We think these resources will help contractors to meet the PQS criteria.
Community Pharmacy England PQS 2025/26 Action and Evidence Portfolio workbook (PDF)
Summary of training requirements for PQS 2025/26
Important dates for the diary – PQS 2025/26
CPE has many more resources available and a main support page for PQS here.
The 2025/26 scheme began on 1st April 2025 and has a declaration period between 9 am on 2nd February 2026 and 11.59 pm on 27th February 2026. Pharmacy owners must have evidence to demonstrate meeting the domains that they have claimed by the end of 31st March 2026. It has £30 million funding available, and pharmacy owners will be able to claim an Aspiration payment if they wish to between 9 am on 1st May 2025 and 11.59 pm on 16th May 2025.
The Aspiration payment window is now open
Pharmacy owners are now able to make a claim for an Aspiration payment for the PQS 2025/26.
The Aspiration payment is optional; if pharmacy owners do not want to claim it, it will not impact on the pharmacy owner’s ability to claim a PQS payment during the declaration period.
If pharmacy owners wish to claim for an Aspiration payment, they should review the requirements of the PQS 2025/26 as detailed below, decide which domains they intend to meet when they make their PQS declaration (between 9am on 2nd February and 11.59pm on 27th February 2026) and declare this on the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal.
Pharmacy owners, who wish to claim an Aspiration payment, must do so between 9am on 1st May 2025 and 11.59pm on 16th May 2025.
Pharmacy owners will be paid their Aspiration payment on 1st July 2025.
