This site is intended for healthcare professionals only
The government published its proposed overhaul of health and care in England yesterday. Healthcare lawyer Noel Wardle picks out some of the key takeaways for community pharmacy
In February, the Department of Health and Social Care (DH) published a white paper on legislative proposals for a new Health and Care Bill that proposed legislative reform for the NHS in England that would be evolutionary rather than revolutionary. It proposed four headings for change:
Register to gain full access to C+D and C+D Community content
Already registered?
Already registered?
0There will be a huge reliance on the senior team at Boots to deliver whatever plan transpires, and to prepare pharmacy teams for whatever difficult decisions will be coming. And they will be difficult.
7‘Vote no’ campaigner Martin Astbury tells C+D why he believes the RPS plans for change represent a shift away from pharmacist leadership and why members should vote against them this week…
12I also read comments that CPE does not appreciate this critical position, and I fundamentally refute that. Knowing the colleagues, both elected and employed, at CPE as I do, this is far from the case.
Community pharmacy is risk adverse, considered, and dare I say it, conservative. But, when it comes to the survival of pharmacy, we can’t afford to let the fear of change – or those resistant to it - hold us back.
How has the role of a pharmacy technician been professionalised, and what's their place within community pharmacy’s future?
