Pharmacies will be able to prescribe drugs for seven common ailments.
Women will be able to get oral contraceptive pills direct from pharmacies too.
This has had some impact, with numbers on the up - around 33,000 non-GP clinical staff are working in general practice at the last count.Dr Edwards: "We need the government to... be honest that there isn't the service there that we need" 'I would like the government to be honest with the public and have an honest conversation around what they can really expect from a GP service when we have so few. We need the government to stop focusing on access - and be honest that there isn't the service there that we need."
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