Early end to pharmacy in Carstairs service row
DIRE predictions over the fate of a village’s medical service have come true – sooner than expected.
Barely six months after NHS Lanarkshire controversially gave the go-ahead for a private pharmacy to open in Carstairs, the GP-run dispensary which served the needs of villagers for decades is to close down.
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