MANY local pharmacies are under threat of closure due to Government cost cutting within the NHS.
Some months ago I received a letter from a private company sporting the NHS logo urging me to sign up for free prescription deliveries to my home.
I now see TV adverts offering the same type of service. I use my local chemist, The Village Pharmacy, in Newton Aycliffe and receive superb service.
They home deliver, liaise with my medical practice, sell a wide range of items and I can get first rate medical advice from the on site pharmacist and thus free up a doctors visit for minor ailments. Oh, and I also walk there which helps keep me fit.
Why would people not fight to save and support their local pharmacy by using the very same services and more that some unknown national company wants to take from us?
Support your local Pharmacy, local people work there delivering a fantastic local health service for the whole community.
Use it or lose it.
John Walker, Newton Aycliffe
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