My Head Office is spreading a rumour amongst my staff that it will become mandatory by law, in 3 years' time, for every pharmacy to employ a qualified Pharmacy Technician, NVQ 3 or above; This is news to me, I have trawled all the professionnal websites and can't find any evidence to support this; I do see that by 2009 you will have to have an NVQ3-level qualification to be able to use the title "Pharmacy Technician", and as such you may need to be registered with the RPSGB, but surely this doesn't mean that every pharmacy will have to employ a duly qualified technician?
Don't get me wrong, I welcome any move towards greater qualification for any healthcare staff; but threatening dispensary staff with being replaced by a "proper" Phcy Tech if they don't do the course is outright bullying and totally counter-productive! (no pun intended)
Has anyone got any info. confirming or infirming this rumour?