BRITISH pharmacy group, Rowlands Pharmacy, is considering reducing opening hours across its network as a cost saving measure.
The group's parent company, Phoenix Medical Supplies, said 75% of its stores were currently operating more than the 40 hours a week they were contractually required to noting it could "no longer sustain" the costs.
The Pharmaceutical Journal reported that Rowlands had entered talks with branch staff to cut trading hours by 10 hours per store each week.
"Government funding for community pharmacy in England has been capped over the next five years which, in real terms, taking account of rising costs and inflation, means a reduction in funding," it said.,
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