Pharmacies can 'reduce demand on A&E units'

The head of the Irish Pharmaceutical Union (IPU) has described the past ten years as a “wasted decade” for the health services in general and the pharmacy sector in particular.

Dr Karl Hilton said at the Annual President’s Dinner of the IPU that Government apathy with the pharmacy sector has blinded it to the opportunity to harness the potential of pharmacies to reduce demands on A&E units, doctor’s surgeries and hospital beds.