FEARS OVER CONNEMARA PHARMACY COVER

Date Published: 01-Aug-2009

The Irish Pharmacy Union is warning that under the HSE's contingency plan, pharmacy cover in Connemara would be inadequate and could lead to dangerous situations. Hundreds of pharmacists have withdrawn from dispensing medicine under the schemes in protest at the HSE's cuts to fees.The HSE is assuring patients on the medical card and other community drug schemes that more than a thousand pharmacies will fill prescriptions from today.