Community pharmacies closing at a rapid rate with deprived areas worst affected

Monday, 28 August 2023
As the government asks pharmacies to do more to ease pressure on GPs, Sky News analysis has revealed those in England are closing at a rapid rate – with nearly 1,000 lost since 2017, a third of them in the last year alone.

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