The proposed cuts have caused outrage in community pharmacy and over two million signatures have been delivered to the government as part of a petition against the cuts. The NPA (which led the petition) claims the funding cuts will be detrimental to patients across the country. A growing number in the pharmacy sector believe that the cuts are an unfair decision at a time when community pharmacies are being asked to play a greater role in the healthcare pathway in order to make healthcare for patients quicker and more accessible.
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