“There is total agreement on 99 percent of the policy. On the 1 percent, not only in government but I think across the country, there was real disagreement,”
“By expanding traditional prescribing roles, patients can more easily access the medicines they need from an increased number of highly trained health professionals.”
“Although people are very happy with the service they receive from their GP, they are less happy with access and convenience. Patients are telling us with the health service, you either see your GP or, out-of-hours, go to accident and emergency. We need to make sure that GP surgeries become more accessible.”