Newbury MP Laura Farris has welcomed the launch of a government scheme allowing patients to get more prescription medication directly from pharmacies. Pharmacy First will mean patients can get a number of treatments without a GP appointment or prescription. Already, 246 pharmacies in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and West Berkshire have signed up. The scheme was launched by the government and NHS England on January 31. Laura Farris visited Lambourn Pharmacy to discuss it with pharmacist Graham Jones. She said: “I am delighted that the government has launched the Pharmacy First approach, using t…