Policy

PAGB works with Government, policy makers, NHS and regulators, as well as with our partners in the health and pharmacy sectors, to drive improvements in health policy regulation. We want to empower more people to self care for self-treatable conditions, reducing pressure on the NHS, and to create a healthy environment for our industry to continue to develop innovative and effective products.

As the trade association for the consumer healthcare industry, PAGB represents our members on working groups and in regular bilateral meetings with those leading policy on medicines and devices regulation, advertising and self care. We work closely with our members to develop an industry-wide position in response to consultations and to define our core policy priorities:

• Ensure there are no fewer over-the-counter/self care products available in the UK after the UK leaves the EU and those products are no less safe than they are today
• Increase access to effective over-the-counter medicines/products
• Publish and implement a national strategy for self care
• Empower community pharmacy to facilitate self care
• Improve health literacy
• Support people to live healthy lifestyles and prevent ill health

We publish PAGB responses to consultations and comment on policy matters on this page and on our news blog.