Pharmacy leaders urge MPs to make 5 pre-election pledges
Pharmacy leaders have launched a pre-election "manifesto" for community pharmacy to encourage MPs to put the sector "at the heart" of changes to the healthcare system. The document – penned by PSNC, Pharmacy Voice and the Independent Pharmacy Federation – asks politicians to sign up to five pledges (see below) as care shifts away from urgent settings and into communities. These include making it easier to commission pharmacy services and helping pharmacists access patient records. The groups launched the manifesto in parliament today (December 3), and Pharmacy Voice chief executive Rob Darracott said the pharmacy bodies would ensure it was available locally to help community pharmacists talk to prospective MPs in their area before the general election in May. Speaking to C+D before the launch, Mr Darracott told C+D the five pledges would also "drive the engagement" the pharmacy bodies had with politicians between now and the election. "Whoever is in charge post-election, you just want people to know a little bit more about pharmacy issues," he told C+D on Monday (December 1).
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