Desperately need something for a headache or diarrhoea? Good luck trying to find a pharmacy | Nell Frizzell

Except, nearly 1,000 pharmacies have closed since 2017, particularly in poor and rural areas. In May, the National Pharmacy Association warned that nearly 50% more pharmacies had closed in England in the first four months of 2024 than in the same period in 2023, due, in part, to a real terms funding cut of as much as 40%.