Thousands of community chemists have been stripped from high streets and slotted into GP surgeries instead, pharmacy chiefs claimed tonight.
The Company Chemists Association said pharmacists quitting to work in doctors’ practices had fuelled an estimated 3,000 shortfall of community pharmacists in England.
It revealed that since March 2019 around 6,500 full-time pharmacists - about 8,000 in total - have been recruited into general practice and primary care networks.