GP surgeries could employ an extra 1,500 pharmacists with ￡112m investment

摘要

An extra 1,500 pharmacists could be working in GP surgeries by 2020, after a funding boost of ￡112m by NHS England. The announcement forms part of a plan to invest a further ￡2.4bn a year in general practice services by 2020-2021, with investment rising from ￡9.6bn a year in 2015-2016 to ￡12.0bn a year in 2020-2021. It aims to expand the number of GPs by 5,000 and drive up the numbers of other supporting primary healthcare professionals.