Cuts to subsidies will force 1,600 rural pharmacies to shut More than 1,600 pharmacies in rural areas face closure because they will not benefit from a promised government financial package, leaked documents indicate.
Ministers are expected to unveil a large cut in the annual subsidy for community chemists in the next few days.
The cuts have proved highly controversial, with a record 2.2 million people – one in 30 of the population of Britain – signing a petition against them. The Daily Telegraph
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