12/05/2025
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Firstly, a ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ to everyone who completed our earlier survey about pharmacy access in Waverley. Your support was incredible and helped us demonstrate how much the community values having local healthcare services.โฃ
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Our application to open a ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ went all the way to the NHS national appeal authorityโ but it was ๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐๐.โฃ
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The committee concluded that the need for a pharmacy was about ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, not ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ.โฃ
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But we know many of you ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐. Weโre ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ to show that the ๐ฅ๐๐๐ค ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ โ ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก, ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐.โฃ
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๐ฌ ๐๐โ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ.โฃ
If you or someone in your household has ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฒ, we need to hear from you.โฃ
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Have you had to travel too far while feeling unwell?โฃ
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Found it difficult to get a prescription for your child or elderly relative?โฃ
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Struggled to manage a health condition because of the lack of local pharmacy access โ especially now that NHS Pharmacy First services are available?โฃ
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Experienced stress, delays, or risks to your care?โฃ
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Whatever your experience โ if it shows why ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ, it could help change the outcome.โฃ
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This isnโt just about proving the community ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด a pharmacy โ we must now show why the community ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ one.โฃ
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๐ฉ Please email your story (even a short paragraph helps) to:โฃ
๐ง ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐@๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฅ.๐๐จ๐ฆโฃ
Alternatively, feel free to ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐
๐๐๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ค.โฃ
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We may use some of the responses in our next appeal submission โ anonymously unless you say otherwise.โฃ
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Please share this post with your neighbours. The new ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ.โฃ
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Letโs make sure our voices are heard before itโs too late.โฃ
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Unfortunately, pharmacy contracts are highly regulated and difficult to secure. If this second application is unsuccessful, itโs likely that ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐.โฃ
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Thank you,โฃ
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