Weardale Practice News Today

A GP recruitment crisis has seen some of the busiest doctors in County Durham dealing with as many as 7,000 patients each.

Wolsingham Pharmacy Picture: JANIS GASCOIGNE VULNERABLE patients in a small town have been left bewildered by the decision not to accept repeat prescriptions in the local chemist. Wolsingham Pharmacy will no longer accept repeat prescription from patients, and asks users to travel to Stanhope to get their prescriptions. Former Parish Councillor, Maureen Epsly, who is in her 80s and lives in Wolsingham, highlighted the problem patients like her now face. Mrs Epsly, who requires multiple ...