Breaking news: Pharmacies advised to reduce opening hours and services from April 1st

The government has been warned that community pharmacies will take collective action and reduce opening hours and services from April 1st unless there is an imminent clarity on a new funding contract.The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) on Tuesday (17) announced that will advise its 6000 member pharmacies in England to take the unprecedented step in the face of what it has described as an April cliff-edge that will see a range of financial burdens placed on the sector.When asked by Pharmacy Business if this was a tactic to force the government into announcing the pharmacy funding contract, NPA chair, Nick Kaye, said: “That\'s absolutely why we would do it.“What we\'re trying to do is make sure that we get some clarity before the end of the financial year and hopefully that\'s the contract and done and in place so that people can start adjusting their world to it - hopefully for the better.”