Pharmacy bodies join forces to fight for more funding as closure threat looms

Community pharmacy bodies have “stepped up” their joint efforts to lobby the government for fairer community pharmacy funding and a financially backed Pharmacy First service in England.

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The representative bodies are calling for fairer funding for community pharmacies in England

They will develop “shared resources for effective parliamentary lobbying and mobilising public opinion”, they revealed this morning (January 18).

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