Community pharmacies should become public health centres where people can access NHS health checks, preventive services and effective treatments for diabetes, the School of Pharmacy at the University of London has said.
A new report outlines a wide range of changes that, it says, would defuse the diabetes time bomb threatening to reduce life expectancy.
To download the report, visit www.pharmacy.ac.uk
The “rationale” for councils to lead on public health remains unchanged, the chief executive of Public Health England has said.
HSJ’s comprehensive full coverage of the important changes proposed in the NHS long-term plan,which was published today.
The NHS and government will look at funding key public health services from the NHS budget, the long-term plan has said.
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