The decision to refuse permission for a new pharmacy to open despite hour-long queues at existing branches shows the system has "gone wrong", a GP has said.
Growing concern over people's ability to collect prescriptions and seek local medical advice in Midlothian has led to calls for a national review of pharmacy contracts.
Health chiefs in the county held talks with NHS Lothian bosses after it was claimed people were queuing for up to an hour to pick up medicine in one town.
