Video: 'We can't function' without small pharmacy funding
C+D visited Ola Okeowo (pictured), owner of Tee Kay Enterprises in Bushey, Hertfordshire, to find out how his pharmacy was coping while he waits to hear whether it will continue to receive top-up funding beyond March 31.
NHS England’s area teams can choose to extend a national top-up scheme – designed to support small businesses at least 1km from another pharmacy – that ends in March. Tee Kay Enterprises – which also houses a post office – caters for the elderly and single patients, and pharmacist Busola Okeowo told C+D that it would be a “disaster” for the community if the pharmacy's funding was cut.
Less than a quarter of pharmacies with low dispensing volumes have been told whether their top-up funding will continue beyond this month, the government revealed this week.
Are you aware of any pharmacies in your area awaiting a funding decision?
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