Pharmacy Petition 1M Signatures

The people in the UK have sprung into action to save our pharmacies with a petition that has attracted over a million signatures. Due to the additional funding cuts of £170 million in October that could see up to a quarter of local chemists close. Cameron and his DWP department are making these cuts at a time when there is a population explosion in the UK, and instead of cutting expenditure, funding should be increased immensely to pay for the extra population growth that the UK is experiencing.

The increase in population has clearly brought more taxes, yet it is only parliament that has had increased funding. The same parliament that is implementing the cuts to vital services and the NHS has gone beyond the tipping point, when junior doctors and nurses are 'committing suicide'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnnmxtnJYgA

Our pharmacies provide a vital service to the community and they must stay open. It used to be the case that a pharmacy was the only place open to get a prescription, and it is often the case that pharmacies in large stores and Boots do not have what has been prescribed. It should also be noted that in our area there are only two distributors that supply, and if those distributors choose not to stock something, then you can't get it anywhere. Even if you do have a prescription, so that certainly has to be looked at also. We should be able to get ear drops for an ear infection at the chemist on prescription.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/665967/Million-sign-UK-largest-health-petition-save-high-street-pharmacists

70,000 less staff working in the NHS than ministers thought! 

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/02/nhs-staffing-crisis-70000-go-missing

What else is in the news this Labour Day?

'SOCIAL MURDER'. 

Due to the lack of inspections of food businesses. Particularly important when there are more and more foreigners opening businesses in the UK.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/30/pollution-food-poisoning-health-safety-deaths-thinktank