Almost half a million women will be able to get the contraceptive pill from pharmacies in England, from next month, without the need for a GP appointment. “What we are doing is increasing opportunities for people”, said NHS Primary Care Medical Director Claire Fuller. Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 So people increasingly live really busy lives and want to access healthcare in a way that's
00:05 convenient for them.
00:06 Pharmacists are in the heart of our communities and are open at weekends and are open longer
00:11 hours and people already come to pharmacists for a lot of their healthcare needs.
00:15 What we're doing is we're increasing the opportunities for people so pharmacists from December 1st
00:20 will be able to sign up and then will be able to give contraception to women if they're
00:25 part of the participating scheme.