Healthwatch finds that one in seven patients who have been referred by their GP are stuck waiting for specialist care due to GP referrals being delayed, lost or rejected.

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Pharmacy First: are insufficient GP referrals hindering its success? In April 2025, low take-up of the Pharmacy First clinical pathways meant that just under one in four pharmacies in England received the £1,000 monthly payment associated with the service. According…

In this week's feature, Joanna Robertson examines the low up-take of the Pharmacy First service and what GP referral data can tell us about what’s driving regional variation and what pharmacists say needs to change
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