‘Patients must not be used as pawns’ in dispute
The Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) claim more than 1,110 pharmacists have notified the Health Service Executive (HSE) that they will stop dispensing drugs under the community drugs schemes from August 1 because of the 34% fee cut.
Mr McMahon, who is chairman of the Irish Patient Association, said he believed that the current crisis was a violation of patients’ rights.
