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GPs in deprived areas now responsible for nearly 2,500 patients each – RCGP study reveals

Pharmacies have huge potential to take pressure off GPs if they are given adequate funding, says NPA CEO Paul Rees   The Royal College of...

Smoking rates at record low, pharmacies seek funding to turbocharge reduction

Community pharmacies urge the government to reverse cuts to local public health budgets and invest in stop smoking services The Office for National Statistics...

‘Community pharmacy is far too important to be allowed to wither away’

An NPA-led cross-sector delegation delivered a petition to No 10 Downing Street urging “immediate, fair, and sustained funding” to safeguard pharmacies  Thousands of pharmacies took...

PDA raises concerns about inaccurate media reports on NPA ballot

The trade union says that the NPA’s action should not be referred to as a “strike or industrial or collective action”   The Pharmacists’ Defence...

Cross-sector team to present ‘Save Our Pharmacies’ petition to Number 10

They have called on the government to urgently deliver a fair deal for the community pharmacy sector and reverse years of declining real-term funding...

Darzi report reveals NHS is in critical condition, pharmacy bodies urge immediate action

Pharmacy organisations are hopeful that the Darzi report will prompt ministers to take swift action to tackle the chronic underfunding that is driving pharmacy...