54 Million GP appointments are for minor ailments...

A recent article in the Telegraph highlighted the fact that over 54 million GP appointments were for minor illnesses - in fact they went further to say that 1 in 5 GP appointments could be avoided if patients accessed self care or accessed advice from pharmacists. These "saved appointments" could be used for patients with more serious conditions and improve access for all!
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9392184/Millions-see-GP-for-stuffy-noses-and-dandruff-in-waste-of-appointments-survey.html

This is really good news for community pharmacy, as the current network of community pharmacies is ideally placed to provide good value professional advice and support for minor ailments; and this article provides exceptionally good evidence for minor ailment schemes from community pharmacy!

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