NHS chiefs reject bids to open new pharmacies in Newcastle despite closures

NHS chiefs reject bids to open new pharmacies in Newcastle despite closures

It has emerged that NHS bosses have turned down five applications to open new pharmacies in Heaton since its Boots and Lloyd's branches were both shut down

Starmer backs greater role for pharmacies in NHS overhaul

COMMUNITY pharmacy has a “vital role to play in rebuilding” the NHS, prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has said, referring to a recent announcement of record funding for the sector. He said ministers want to capitalise on the clinical expertise of pharmacists as the Labour government is determined to fix the “broken” NHS inherited from successive Conservative administrations. His remarks were delivered in a message to delegates at the 15th annual …