Community chemists will give out the contraceptive pill as well as treatments for earache, sore throat, impetigo, shingles, infected insect bites, sinusitis and uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women.
As one union votes to accept a pay deal for England’s public healthcare staff, another has rejected it — the latest twist in a months-long industrial dispute that’s put intense pressure on the country’s already-beleaguered health service.