Increased use of community pharmacy ‘essential’ to NHSE 2023/24 priorities
• By Eliza Loukou
NHS England (NHSE) has set out that “increasing use of community pharmacies” is “essential” to its set of key priorities for 2023/24, planning guidance has revealed.
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