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Over 60,000 minorailments consults done by pharmacies
Friday 1 September 2023, 04:00 AM
Wainuiomata Pharmacy & Lotto, owned by Evan Choie (left) and Ronald Chin, is doing 70 minorailments consults a week on average [Image - Supplied]
As hospital emergency departments are overwhelmed by a record influx of patients this winter, pharmacists are calling for the minorailments scheme to be expanded. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports
More than 60,000 minorailments consults have been carried out by community pharmacies since the programme started in June and pharmacists are calling