Pharmacists accuse GPs in England of scuppering Pharmacy First scheme

National Pharmacy Association says some family doctors refusing to refer patients with minor ailments

GPs have been accused of scuppering Rishi Sunak's flagship plan to cut the time it takes to see them by refusing to refer patients with minor ailments to a pharmacist instead.

Pharmacists claim many GPs in England are not sending patients to them to be treated - and that some are refusing to participate at all in the groundbreaking" Pharmacy First scheme.