Peter Aldous warns that community pharmacies could 'cease to exist' amid hundreds of closures.
Conservative Waveney MP Peter Aldous compared the issues in community pharmacies with the dentistry "nightmare"A Conservative MP has warned that community pharmacies could cease to exist if "enormous" funding and recruitment pressures are not addressed.He pointed to NHS data which showing 222 pharmacies closed in England in the first six months of 2023.Mr Aldous said: "There is a need to address the enormous pressures that community pharmacies currently face.
He said other nearby pharmacies were closing on sporadic days because of staff shortages and he told the BBC: "If we lose a member of staff we might not be able to replace them." Junior health minister Neil O'Brien told Westminster Hall his department was committing £2.59bn to the sector per year through the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework, and was still consulting with chemists about the delivery plan this winter.
"We are injecting further funding; we have hugely grown the workforce; we will continue to build on what community pharmacies do and will further improve community pharmacies across the country," he said.
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