We take strain off GPs – but cuts to NHS could see your local pharmacy close, warns chemist

CONCERNS over budget cuts to pharmacy services have been raised by a Christchurch company. Patients and staff at Wessex Pharmacies were visited by Christchurch MP Chris Chope earlier this month.

The company, which has branches in Christchurch and Mudeford, has been owned by the same family for 77 years and served generations of people.

Pharmacy services could be under threat as a result of a reduction in the national NHS budget for community pharmacy this year – with further cuts anticipated beyond that…

Full article at Daily Echo.