‘Excessive’ GP pharmacist workload leaving safety ‘gaps’, warns CQC

The healthcare regulator has deemed that one Leicestershire GP practice “requires improvement”, due in part to “staff shortages” in its pharmacy team.  

GP practice sign
“It was not clear who had oversight of the pharmacy team"
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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