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Pharmacies vote to reduce services in first protest action

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76% Informative

Some 3,339 independent community pharmacies in England , Wales and Northern Ireland took part in ballot.

Pharmacies could cut opening hours and stop home deliveries for the first time.

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) is calling for an annual 1.7bn funding increase.

700 pharmacies have shut in England in the last two years alone - equivalent of seven a week .

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75

Informative language

70

Neutral language

57

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

58

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short-lived

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