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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Storm Newton

Expanding pharmacy services ‘could cut hospital admissions and save billions’

Medicines were a considerable cost to the health system and it was vital their use was optimised, experts said (Julien Behal/PA) - (PA Wire)

An estimated 70,000 people a year could avoid going to hospital if services that allow community pharmacists in England to review medications are rolled out more widely, according to new analysis.

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) estimate medicine checks could save the NHS billions of pounds annually, with around 30,000 patients also facing significantly shorter hospital stays.

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