Pharmacies are suffering a £67,500 annual shortfall each because government funding failed to keep pace with economic growth, analysts have revealed.
The Company Chemists’ Association accused ministers of depriving local outlets of the sum which could be used to help patient services.
It said the “funding model” was “truly broken” - and pointed to figures which, it said, meant a five-year funding deal with England’s local pharmacies would be worth more than £3.37billion if it had risen in line with GDP over the past seven years.
