Pharmacy news – Community pharmacy bodies appeal for urgent investment

Pharmacy news - Community bodies appeal for urgent investment

Community pharmacy’s national bodies, together with the four largest pharmacy chains in England, have issued their most direct warning yet of the urgent need for investment in the sector.

In a letter to secretary of state for health and social care Steve Barclay today, the bodies have warned that permanent closures among the the country's 11,000+ are likely and medicines supply at risk if no urgent action is taken.

The letter from the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies, the Company Chemists Association, the National Pharmacy Association, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee as well as Boots UK Lloydspharmacy, Well and Phoenix UK warns that the 30 per cent real terms funding cuts that they have faced over the past seven years have left many businesses in a cashflow crisis. Urgent investment is now needed to help the sector to re-build capacity and sustainability. It says community pharmacy has ambitions to help support the wider NHS and patients, including through a fully funded Pharmacy First service.

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News - Community pharmacy bodies appeal for urgent investment