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Dear Editor, I wish to take some issue with my good colleague, Dr Ruairi Hanley, in his November 28 column (‘From majority pay issues to minor ailments’).

Dr Ruairi Hanley examines the urgent need to address consultant pay in order to address the current NCHD exodus, and the merits of a proposed pharmacy-based minor ailments scheme that would free up GPs and hospitals to focus on the patients who really need them.

By Catherine Reilly A greater role for pharmacists in healthcare will “ease the existing burden” on GP services and improve access to care, the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) has told Minister of State for Primary Care, Alex White TD.

After being KO’d by Mary Harney just two years ago, pharmacists have dusted themselves down and successfully gone on the offensive, writes Dr Muiris Houston.

By Lloyd Mudiwa.