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The optimism of C+D's editor Beth Kennedy was dashed by a conspicuous omission from the King’s New Year Honours list
Happy New Year! Forgive me for starting my first editor’s blog of 2023 on such a clichéd note. But after the manic end to December for community pharmacy teams – with strep A chaos, technical issues and stock shortages abounding – I’m certainly wishing the sector a brighter year ahead.
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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.
How has the role of a pharmacy technician been professionalised, and what's their place within community pharmacy’s future?
