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MORE pharmacies will be forced to close unless the Tory government provides urgently needed funding for the austerity-hit sector, industry leaders have warned.
Worsening staffing shortfalls have led to many dispensers shutting their doors for good since 2015 following a big funding cut, Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies chief Leyla Hannbeck said on Monday.
The warning came before Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced plans today to allow patients to obtain prescription medicines and oral contraception directly from pharmacies under a blueprint to ease the pressure on GP appointments.
In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint
We need a massive change in direction to renew a crumbling health service — that’s why Plaid Cymru has an ambitious plan to recentre primary care by recruiting 500 additional GPs and opening six new elective care hubs across Wales, writes MABON AP GWYNFOR
Politicians who continue to welcome contracts with US companies without considering the risks and consequences of total dependency in the years to come are undermining the raison d’etre of the NHS, argues Dr JOHN PUNTIS