“When I moved to North Devon, years before I considered running for parliament, it was clear that there has been a shortage of NHS dentists in North Devon for some time and the pandemic has highlighted not only this problem, but our reliance on an understaffed pharmacy sector.”
“Throughout the pandemic Braunton suffered more than many with a limited pharmacy team. It was not the team’s fault, they worked heroically hard to meet demand, but when Lloyds moved from two pharmacies to one pre-pandemic, it was always going to be difficult, and the strain has shown. Braunton needs either another pharmacy or a considerably larger site than it has at present.”
“Having written to Ministers on many occasions about these issues, this is just one of the encouraging replies.”
PDF Letter attached from Maria Caulfield MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Primary Care and Patient Safety
