Pharmacy closures will place ‘great strain’ on GPs, RCGP warns

The GP body has warned that “any closures” in the pharmacy network will add pressure to GPs “struggling to meet demand”.

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“Any closures of pharmacies will inevitably put greater strain on general practice"

Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne has warned that pharmacy closures “will inevitably put greater strain on general practice”.

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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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