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Unpacking the initial results of a C+D investigation into the levels of crime and violence pharmacy teams are subjected to, digital reporter Emily Stearn asks what more evidence is needed before policy makers take meaningful action to protect pharmacy teams?
Hammers, needles, firearms. These are just three of the weapons used by offenders against pharmacy teams over a two-year period, according to data obtained through freedom of information (FOI) requests responded to by 32 of the 45 UK police authorities.
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As we head towards the middle of March, I throw my arms up in despair as we still have no news on funding for 2024-2025 and beyond. Social media shows the anger.
There 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.
‘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…
I 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.
