CONTROVERSIAL plans to close a Rodbourne pharmacy to merge its services with a further away branch have been refused. Hundreds of people signed a petition started by ward councillors which protested against a proposal to shut the 167 Rodbourne Road branch of Rowlands Pharmacy and direct customers to another one near GWR Park which would then have extended opening hours. Rowlands argued that the change would not create a gap in available services but many people disagreed - and now Primary Care Support England has sided with the citizens. Neighbours feared the lack of parking or close bus stops near the Park Lane pharmacy as well as the 788-metre-longer walk along a narrow and busy footpath under the railway bridge to reach the other branch made it far less accessible to elderly or less mobile customers.
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