The Avicenna Pharmacy in Abingdon has been taken over, and is now run by the new owner. He got a mention in parliament this week after Layla Moran MP visited. Layla Moran is Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, and on 18th December 2024 she said in parliament when debating winter preparedness, ‘Last Friday, I visited Sherwood Pharmacy in Abingdon. Ben, who owns it, told me that local pharmacies stand ready to help… There needs to be a real push for GPs to refer people to pharmacies, in particular for vaccinations.’
The two times we have tried to get pharmacies to do the sort of stuff that they are supposed to do in place of GPs, it has not worked and we have had to get the GPs to do it.
In the most recent case the pharmacist said they couldn’t do it, despite them actually having a leaflet in store saying they did that exact thing.