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I welcome the trust that the community pharmacy cancer diagnosis pilot implies might be coming our way, but let’s hope the service is designed for us to be able to nail it, The Area Manager says
Earlier this month, it was announced that community pharmacy teams could soon be able to refer patients with suspected cancer symptoms directly into NHS screening. Reactions around the sector to this news have been varied, with typically passionate opinions emerging.
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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.
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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.
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