Statins could be available direct from pharmacists

High dose statins could be made available directly from high street pharmacies as part of the NHS Long Term Plan to cut heart disease and stroke, NHS chief executive Simon Stevens has announced. In a new review confirmed today, England’s top pharmacist Dr Keith Ridge and newly-appointed director of primary care, Dr. Nikki Kanani, will look at how the cholesterol-busting drugs could be provided by high street chemists. Although low dose statins can be given over the counter, they are not generally made available by pharmaceutical firms, and making the most effective and powerful versions safely available, without a doctor’s