Who is Simon Dukes PSNC Chief Executive

Simon Dukes took over from Sue Sharp previous Chairman to the PSNC in 2017.

Simon was previously the as CEO at Cifas between 2013-2017. Prior to this, he worked for the UK Government in a variety of roles and specialisms including:

• Counter-terrorism
• Serious and organised crime investigations
• Defence and security policy
• Public affairs; media 
• Communications strategy
• Cyber security

As Head of Cyber Security for the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure, Simon worked on the first Cyber Security Strategy - focusing on increasing cyber security awareness in those companies of greatest value to the UK. In addition to being Cifas Chief Executive, Simon is also on the Oversight Board of the Home Secretary's Joint Fraud Task Force; and the Management Board of the NCA-led Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Task Force.

Other sources of revenue UK Pharmacy

The new PSNC negotiated "Pharmacy Interim Agreement" shows that prescription reimbursement has fallen to 58.2p per item and generic medicine reimbursement prices (Category M) has fallen by £72.5 million per quarter. There are quite a few interpretations of this, some think it will result in a 20% reduction in UK pharmacy income, others recon that this will slash £35,000 in profit from the average pharmacy. This will effectively put may pharmacies into the red, unless they are owner manager pharmacies where the main financial hit will come in the form of reduced "wages" from the NHS.