Recommendation 18

Community pharmacies offering clinical services must have private, comfortable spaces in which to see patients. We acknowledge the minister’s comments around pharmacies being private businesses, but they are ultimately expected to provide NHS services. As the expanding availability of clinical services in pharmacy settings is encouraged, we believe a more balanced approach is needed to support smaller, particularly independent, pharmacies to keep up with larger ones and have the resources to create the appropriate conditions in which to provide the new services that the Government and the public want to see. (Paragraph 105) 46 Pharmacy