Customers are now able to get prescription medicine and oral contraception directly from the pharmacy amid efforts to ease the workload of GPs. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced plans that will see members of the public get direct treatment for seven common illnesses.
Sunak hopes the new plans will help put an end to the “all-too stressful wait" for appointments which will in turn free up an estimated 15 million slots at surgeries in the next two years. It was recently announced that people with illnesses such as a sore throat, urinary tract infections, shingles and others will be able to avoid queues altogether under new plans.
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