 Re: Beat this!
yea, funny how the genral public can walk into a pharmacy and see the pharmacist more or less straight away AND get good advice, but when it comes to aknowledging us, it doesnt happen. maybe this easy access makes pharmacists look dispensable.
btw-giving advice to the public is considered part of the new pharmacy contract, so tecnically the pharmacy is being payed for giving the advice on the phone.
had an inspector round to our pharmacy recently the amount of advice and information we were supposed to provide was staggering, and we were suposed to record everythin we advised people on. all the remuneration from this apparantally comes from the practice fees and the profit on purchasin of medicines. even this is a measley sum. ive looked at a few drugs in the DT and after the discount deductions the pharmacy actualy makes no money (except the dispensing fee) or loses out, and profit on other medicines might be good percentage wise but the actual proft is less 40p per pack.
somehow the DoH has the mentality that pharmacies shouldnt make money out of providing medicines.
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