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Pharmacy leaders have reacted to the news that the government has hired 26,000 additional staff into primary care, saying it must now “immediately halt” its pharmacist recruitment drive into GP practices.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DH) on Thursday (May 18) announced that it has met its target to recruit 26,000 additional primary care staff, including pharmacists, into GP practices by March 2024 a year early.
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