蓄える／店s 解放する／自由な-for-all 脅し to 化学者／薬剤師s

By THIS IS MONEY
Updated: 00:00 BST, 16 August 2004

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SUPERMARKETS are to get the green light to open 24-hour pharmacies, putting more 圧力 on Boots, which has already upped 開始 hours to 持つ／拘留する on to 顧客s.

The 政府 is likely to 発表する a 緩和 of the 法律s 治める／統治するing 化学者／薬剤師s on Wednesday. Supermarkets have made big inroads in the health and beauty 部門, but have 設立する it difficult to get licences to dispense pre scriptions.

Philip Dorgan, 小売 分析家 at 仲買人 Panmure Gordon said: 'This is another thing that could help supermarkets 誘惑する more shoppers.'

The move, which will lead to hundreds more in-蓄える／店 pharmacies 脅すs hundreds of small 化学者／薬剤師 shops.

The 政府 has 洞穴d in to 圧力 from Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons - now owner of Safeway - to 許す more 出口s in their larger, out-of-own 蓄える／店s.

Small community 化学者／薬剤師s, who 恐れる their 顧客s will be 誘惑するd away by the supermarkets, regard the changes as a betrayal.

Until now the Health Service has controlled the number of pharmacies 許すd to open through a licensing 政権. This was done to 確実にする all areas were covered and that each 出口 can 生成する enough income from NHS prescriptions to 生き残る.

This week's 告示 means large supermarkets on out-of-town 場所／位置s which 貿易（する） for more than 100 hours a week will be 免除された from such 支配（する）／統制するs. The 決定／判定勝ち（する） is a victory for the 'big four' 蓄える／店s because 開始 an NHS pharmacy will 必然的に draw in 顧客s who will stay to buy groceries and other 製品s.

告訴する Sharpe, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of the 製薬の Services 交渉するing 委員会, which 代表するs all 12,000 pharmacies in England and むちの跡s, said: 'Too many pharmacies in shopping centres will 必然的に lead to the 終結 of neighbourhood pharmacies.'

The 国家の 製薬の 協会 said the 提案s jeopardised 政府 計画（する）s for pharmacies to take a bigger 役割 in health care to 緩和する the 圧力 on 地元の GPs.

A 広報担当者 追加するd: 'You have to question whether pharmacists will want to 投資する in new services when the supermarket a mile away might suddenly 得る，とらえる a large slice of their 商売／仕事.'