Government failing pharmacy as it grows ‘weaker and weaker’, APPG chair warns
• By Emily Stearn
While the government "continues to fail" pharmacists, the sector grows "weaker and weaker", newly appointed all-party pharmacy group (APPG) chair Taiwo Owatemi has said.
Taiwo Owatemi: "Pharmacists need to know that there are chances for growth" • Source: UK Parliament (London Portrait Photoqrapher-DAVID WOOLFALL)
Speaking at a Westminster Hall debate yesterday (November 22) on NHS staffing levels, Ms Owatemi – who was appointed APPG chair earlier this month – told MPs that retaining pharmacists is "vital to the long-term health of the NHS as a whole".
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