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Health secretary promotes Pharmacy First scheme

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Health secretary promotes Pharmacy First scheme

Health secretary promotes Pharmacy First scheme

Victoria Atkins visits a Boots pharmacy in central London to promote a new NHS scheme which urges patients to visit their pharmacy for common conditions without seeing a doctor.

The health secretary claims that through the scheme there can be “up to 10 million” fewer GP appointments each year.

Report by Blairm.

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