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Community pharmacy is smarting from its workforce's migration into primary care jobs. But is the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) to blame, asks Beth Kennedy
How many pharmacists does it take to run a successful PCN? No, it’s not the start of a terrible dad joke, but a question I’ve been asking myself since last week (April 4), when a government review suggested that pharmacist recruitment into primary care networks (PCNs) had “exacerbated” community pharmacy closures.
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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?
