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Pharmacy bodies have called on the new government to honour pledges made during the election.

Chief executive of Pharmacy Voice Rob Darracott said: €Pharmacy Voice will be calling on the new government to be true to its words and place pharmacy at the centre of the prevention agenda €“ by managing medicines, repeat prescriptions and minor ailments."

"Throughout the election campaign many of the incoming MPs showed their support for our community pharmacy manifesto, including Jeremy Hunt who visited Nick Kaye's pharmacy in Cornwall and Raj Patel's pharmacy in Surrey. We will now look to him and his team to represent the best interests of community pharmacy over the next five years and we will continue to reach out to policy makers and parliamentary audiences of all parties to drive support and action for community pharmacy.€

A Conservative government in terms of the NHS should mean less organisational change, which has to be good news for pharmacy, said Mimi Lau, Numark's director of pharmacy services. "We need stability if we are to integrate pharmacy more thoroughly into the plans for the health of the population. It should also mean the same direction of travel in terms of reducing pressure on A&E and GPs."

"This plays into the hands of the profession as we can meet these challenges through our accessible pharmacists in community pharmacies €“ enabling greater choice for patients. Pharmacy's priorities remain as before: at a national level, plough on with lobbying for a national minor ailment service and a national flu programme and, at a local level, lobbying for pharmacy to be part of the answer to local patient health needs."