Under a new plan, GPs are to delegate more responsibility to Pharmacists

On the BBC website and under a new plan, GPs are looking to delegate more responsibility to pharmacists in order to facilitate 2m extra appointments over the next two years.

The routine prescribing of prescriptions of antibiotics and basic tests may now be offered at your local pharmacy.

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Managing director of Aequitas Accountants, Pankaj Patel agrees: "Some very good news and at the very least a step in the right direction that some form of extra funding is being considered by the government for the ever hard-working pharmacy sector. It is good to see greater utilisation of the skills of the pharmacist help with some of the shortcoming that the NHS faces. I hope the detailed negotiations will yield additional recognition and financial rewards to enable a successful implementation of this approach."