Service cuts are beyond the control of national pharmacy bodies, with PCTs basing the decisions on cost not evidence, PSNC has warned.Speaking exclusively to C+D, PSNC head of NHS services Alastair Buxton warned the “hard and honest truth” was that there was “precious little” the committee could do to save services. “The best way forward in the medium to long term is to enhance the evidence base… but I don’t think that’s going to help as evidence isn’t being used – it’s what the PCT can afford to chop,” he said.PSNC had appointed a new staff member to collate the evidence base for pharmacy services, pulling together small-scale studies to create a national picture, Mr Buxton added.English Pharmacy Board chair Lindsey Gilpin said the situation emphasised a “PCT postcode lottery”, and that the RPSGB would lobby the Department of Health for support. She said: “We need to make it clear to the government the way isn’t to abandon everything. This short-termism doesn’t help. We need national guidance.”The national pharmacy bodies would be working together to look for solutions, Ms Gilpin added.