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Data on pharmacies, prescriptions dispensed and pharmaceutical services offered for April 2017 to March 2018.

Main points

  • There were 715 community pharmacies in Wales on 31 March 2018, one fewer than in the previous year.
  • There were 4 appliance contractors in Wales on 31 March 2018.

Essential services

  • 74.7 million prescription items were dispensed by community pharmacies in 2017-18, down by 0.1% from 2016-17.

Advanced services

  • 96% of pharmacies provided Medicine Use Review services and 75% a Discharge Medicines Review service in 2017-18.

Enhanced services

  • The proportion of community pharmacies accredited to provide various enhanced services has risen steadily since 2007-08.
  • 82% of pharmacies provided Emergency Contraceptive services in 2017-18.
  • 72% of pharmacies provided Seasonal Flu Vaccine services in 2017-18.
  • 76% of pharmacies offered consultations under the Common ailments Service.

Reports

Community pharmacy services, April 2017 to March 2018 , file type: PDF, file size: 4 MB

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Contact

Craig Thomas

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