Steve Brine, who is also a former pharmacy minister, made the comments at Sigma’s 2023 conference today (March 7).
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Brine: We ‘must not let’ independent prescribers leave community pharmacy
Pharmacist independent prescribers must not be allowed to leave the community sector because they “lack opportunities”, the House of Commons health and social care committee chair has warned.
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