Video: APPG calls for ‘enormous pressure’ to be put on NHS England
Ahead of the launch of the all-party pharmacy group’s (APPG's) demands for the next government’s first 100 days in power, chair Kevin Barron MP (pictured) and vice-chair Oliver Colvile MP told C+D how politicians could make better use of the sector
The APPG manifesto for the new goverment, published yesterday (March 9), calls for the national commissioning of two more pharmacy services and the expansion of MURs and the new medicine service by August. It also urges the government to commit to giving all pharmacies read-write access to patient records by April 2017 and ensure dispensing errors were decriminalised by April 2016. Speaking to C+D last week, APPG chair Kevin Barron and vice-chair Oliver Colvile explained why NHS England could do far more to help pharmacy reach its full potential.
