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Around 7,000 Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) referrals make their way into community pharmacies every week, according to England's new chief pharmaceutical officer David Webb.
Speaking at the Clinical Pharmacy Congress last week (May 13), Mr Webb told delegates that general practice “has already become the highest volume referral pathway” to the CPCS.
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