The areas with fewest pharmacies revealed – as experts warn of ‘rural deserts and risk to patients’

AN interactive map reveals the areas of England with the fewest pharmacies per population size amid closures.

Experts are warning that rural parts of the country are at risk of becoming ‘pharmacy deserts’.

Closures in more remote towns and villages will mean people having to travel further for vital medication or even advice, the National Pharmacy Association said, as it urged the Government to reverse budget cuts.

Of the 20 council areas with the lowest number of pharmacies per 100,000 people...