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Pharmacy First: Pharmacists ‘not a substitute' for doctors, say top GPs

 
• By Kate Bowie

GP chiefs have said that pharmacists are “not a substitute” for GPs in the wake of the long-awaited announcement of the new Pharmacy First common ailments service.

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“In many cases” patients will need the “expertise of a GP”, the GP membership body said
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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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