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Fifth of pharmacies warn May Pharmacy First threshold increase ‘unachievable’

 
• By Kate Bowie

New data has revealed that 20% of pharmacies believe next month’s increase in Pharmacy First minimum thresholds will be “unachievable”, with 13% already unable to deliver enough consultations to meet current targets.  

Almost 60% of respondents deemed Pharmacy First “time consuming and underpaid”
Kate Bowie

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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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