Thousands of Pharmacies Blame Labour For Reducing Opening Hours and Cutting Services – Guido Fawkes

Thousands of Pharmacies Blame Labour For Reducing Opening Hours and Cutting Services

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The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has told its 6,000 member pharmacies in England, including those providing NHS services, to start scaling back services. The NPA said almost all of its pharmacies were considering reducing opening hours, while 93% plan to cut back on free home deliveries of medicines. All thanks to Reeves’ budget…

NPA chairman Nick Kay said:

“We have been left with little choice because in just two weeks new business costs will be hitting local NHS pharmacies across the country We hope that an offer from the Government emerges by April 1 to cover the additional costs which pharmacies will face and start to plug the huge gap in funding created by 10 years of real-terms cuts.”

Pharmacies are facing a £310 million increase in costs due to Reeves’ tax hikes and increase in minimum wage. Streeting won’t be pleased…