抱擁する change to NHS prescriptions kicks in today as pharmacists 警告する of a 'dark day' for 患者s

By Shaun Wooller Health Editor For The Daily Mail

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Pharmacists have 警告するd today will be a 'dark day' for 患者s as the cost of an NHS prescription rises to almost £10.?

They 述べるd the 引き上げ（る） from £9.65 to £9.90 on May 1 as a '税金 on the working poor' and 恐れる people will be 軍隊d to 行方不明になる out on 医薬 because of the price.?

It comes as new 人物／姿／数字s show 化学者／薬剤師s are relieving 圧力 on GPs by 首尾よく 扱う／治療するing nine in ten 患者s who 捜し出す care under the new NHS Pharmacy First 計画／陰謀.?

The Company 化学者／薬剤師s' 協会, which 代表するs large high street 化学者／薬剤師s such as Boots and Superdrug, says its members alone have 行為／行うd more than 90,000 協議s in the two months since it 開始する，打ち上げるd.?

Of these, 88 per cent were 適格の to receive NHS-基金d care through the service, 解放する／自由なing up 任命s with family doctors for people with more serious 条件s.?

Patients in England will, from May 1, be forced to pay an extra 25p to collect their medication from a pharmacy. Pharmacists described the hike as a 'tax on the working poor' and fear people will be forced to miss out on medication because of the price

患者s in England will, from May 1, be 軍隊d to 支払う／賃金 an extra 25p to collect their 医薬 from a pharmacy. Pharmacists 述べるd the 引き上げ（る） as a '税金 on the working poor' and 恐れる people will be 軍隊d to 行方不明になる out on 医薬 because of the price

The 12-month NHS prescription prepayment 証明書 ? which covers all NHS prescriptions for a 始める，決める price ? will also 増加する from £111.60 to £114.50 today.?

一方／合間, prescriptions remain 解放する／自由な in Scotland, むちの跡s and Northern Ireland.?

Tase Oputu, 議長，司会を務める of the 王室の 製薬の Society in England, said: 'This is a dark day for 患者s who will now have to 支払う／賃金 nearly £10 for each item on their prescription. '

まっただ中に the cost of living 危機, the rise in prescription 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s will 攻撃する，衝突する working people on low incomes the hardest.?

'The relentless 年次の 増加する in the prescription 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 is making 薬／医学s unaffordable for many. This is 全く 容認できない.?

'You can, it seems, put a price on health.?

'Every day pharmacists are asked by 患者s who are unable to afford all the items in their prescription which ones they can 'do without'.?

'No-one should 直面する a 財政上の 障壁 to getting the 薬／医学s they need to keep them 井戸／弁護士席.?

'Prescription 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s should be scrapped in England, as they have been in the 残り／休憩（する） of the UK.'?

Nick Kaye, chairman of the 国家の Pharmacy 協会, said: 'To 許す the prescription 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 to rise to this level is a shameful neglect of working people on low 直す／買収する，八百長をするd incomes, who are not 免除された.?

'Many people already choose not to collect some or all their prescription 薬／医学s because of cost, with 潜在的に 悲惨な health consequences.?

'This is a 税金 on the working poor that 深くするs the cost-of-living 危機 for them.'?

Prescriptions are 解放する／自由な for 確かな groups of people 含むing children, over-60s, 妊娠している women, people who are on 確かな 利益s and people with 確かな 医療の 条件s.?

But the Prescription 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s 連合, an 同盟 of more than 50 organisations, has called for an 緊急の review of the prescription 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s 控除 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）.?

The 連合 said the 控除 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） has remained 比較して 不変の for the last 50 years and neglects to 含む many life-altering 条件s such as Parkinson's, 多重の sclerosis, arthritis, cystic fibrosis, HIV, and 喘息.?

Laura Cockram, 長，率いる of （選挙などの）運動をするs at Parkinson's UK and chairwoman of the 連合, said: 'The NHS prescription 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 price 増加する has struck 恐れる into people living with long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 health 条件s, such as Parkinson's.?

'People are already struggling financially 予定 to the cost-of-living 危機, and 増加するing the cost of prescriptions will result in more people 行方不明の, 減ずるing, or 延期するing taking their 医薬, meaning their 条件 will 悪化する.?

'There is 限られた／立憲的な 財政上の support that charities can 申し込む／申し出 to 相殺する 政府 shortcomings.?

Under NHS plans to free up millions of appointments with family doctors, chemists can now dish out contraceptive pills to women. High street pharmacists also have powers to hand out prescriptions for common ailments, meaning patients battling minor illnesses can bypass their GP.?Under wider plans, pharmacists are also offering more blood pressure checks to at-risk patients, with a commitment to deliver 2.5 million a year by spring 2025

Under NHS 計画（する）s to 解放する／自由な up millions of 任命s with family doctors, 化学者／薬剤師s can now dish out contraceptive pills to women. High street pharmacists also have 力／強力にするs to 手渡す out prescriptions for ありふれた 病気s, meaning 患者s 戦う／戦いing minor illnesses can bypass their GP.?Under wider 計画（する）s, pharmacists are also 申し込む／申し出ing more 血 圧力 checks to at-危険 患者s, with a かかわり合い to 配達する 2.5 million a year by spring 2025

'That's why we're calling on the UK 政府 to 凍結する the 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 in 2025 and commit to 緊急に reviewing the prescription 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 控除 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）.'?

In the first month, over 90 per cent of 適格の 患者s received the care they needed through Pharmacy First, without the need for その上の referrals, the CCA said.?

And a 薬／医学 was 供給（する）d in 75 per cent of 協議s, the 貿易（する） 団体／死体 追加するd, showing community pharmacies can often be the first port of call for 患者s with one of the seven ありふれた 条件s they are 許すd to 定める／命ずる for.?

These are: earache, impetigo, 感染させるd insect bites, shingles, sinusitis, sore throat, and uncomplicated urinary tract 感染s in women.?

Malcolm Harrison, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of the CCA, said: 'The Pharmacy First service continues to show 巨大な 約束, 供給するing 接近 to NHS care when and where 患者s need it.?

'Whilst 早期に 調印するs are 約束ing, we need GPs to be given 的d support to 言及する more 患者s into Pharmacy First and その上の high-質 and 的d 約束／交戦 （選挙などの）運動をするs to raise wider public 認識／意識性.'?

However, the 独立した・無所属 Pharmacies 協会, which 代表するs smaller 会社／堅いs, said its members are finding the 計画／陰謀 time 消費するing and 警告する it leaves them underpaid.?

Some 72 per cent of the 2,133 pharmacies it 投票d 報告（する）／憶測d that time spent on the service had '減ずるd their capacity to 配達する other pharmacy services and activities'.?

Almost half (44 per cent) said that 協議s were taking 20 minutes on 普通の／平均（する）, with 10 per cent 説 they took 30 minutes or more.?

Dr Leyla Hannbeck, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of the IPA, said: 'It's （疑いを）晴らす that pharmacies have got behind this service to support the NHS, but more needs to be done to bring Pharmacy First to the point where it is operating how it was ーするつもりであるd.?

'Taking pharmacists away from their other work, when they are already overstretched, is a worry, as is the 欠如（する） of 基金ing.?

'If the 政府 is not careful, Pharmacy First will 簡単に 追加する to the 緊張する on beleaguered pharmacies and 刺激する その上の 終結s.?It 要求するs 緊急の reassessment.'?

An NHS spokesperson said: 'Pharmacy First will give 患者s quick, 平易な 接近 to support for ありふれた 条件s through their high street pharmacy.?

'The NHS has run an 広範囲にわたる advertising （選挙などの）運動をする across TV, social マスコミ and in public spaces on the support 患者s can now receive at their pharmacist.?

'You can also find out more （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） by visiting the NHS website or speaking to your 地元の pharmacist.'?

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