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Employers ‘forcing’ pharmacists to be DPPs amid ‘two-tier’ IP system

 
• By Kate Bowie

Some pharmacies are “forcing employees to be designated prescribing practitioners (DPPs)” while DPPs at “one large multiple” are not “routinely prescribing themselves”, Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) members have warned.

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"Pharmacists should be able to choose to become IPs or not, without fear of penalty”
Kate Bowie

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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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