Community Pharmacy
Local community pharmacies save the NHS half a million GP appointments every week and have been on the frontline of the UK’s COVID-19 response. They have been working hard to maintain the health services that local communities need, but pressures on pharmacies themselves are constant.
Over the course of the next decade, Community Pharmacy will undergo significant transformation, becoming central to the delivery of joined-up, responsive and person-centred community-based health and care services, with increased investment from commissioners reflecting the increased significance of community pharmacy in the health care ecosystem.
Patients and the public will be able to access medicines, further clinical services and preventive services which are accessible and clearly understandable, and that give them choice where appropriate, continuity where required, and confidence in the advice and treatments they receive. community pharmacies will play a particularly important role in supporting self-care and helping their local populations to stay healthy and well.