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04 Jul 2012

Community pharmacy must be used to improve ‘the health of the nation’

Public health Community pharmacy is vital to improving the health of the nation and must be better utilised, influential politicians and pharmacy leaders...
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Gerry Diamond, Other pharmacist
Posted on 4 July 2012.
I hope the 'chattering classes' in Westminster back up their platitudes about community pharmacy with adequate remuneration that will sustain pharmacy businesses, many in the heart of local communities in neighbourhoods with high health inequalities and high poverty indicies.
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Dorothy Drury, Locum pharmacist
Posted on 5 July 2012.
This is what community pharmacists have strived to do. By providing these services we keep many terminal and elderly patients out of hospital which is an enormous cost saving to the NHS. We would however, like to see a fraction of this cost saving sent our way to help us to maintain these vital services.
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VAL MADDEN, Hospital pharmacist
Posted on 5 July 2012.
Sadly probably money will not follow this . A well run community pharmacy has loads to offer particularly in the disadvantaged areas where accessibility to healthcare is an issue .
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