Free Covid jabs face the axe at cash-strapped pharmacies

Free Covid jabs face the axe at cash-strapped pharmacies

Patients are at risk of losing access to free Covid and flu vaccines at their local pharmacy due to NHS underfunding. Pharmacists are warning that services, including medicine deliveries, could be cut and opening hours rolled back if the new Government deal falls short. One of the funding issues is that many businesses are losing thousands of pounds a year as they cover the shortfall between the cost of dispensing medicines and the amount they a…