[ozvic]

I was wondering if anyone out there is having trouble getting their smart card to work. Mine was issued by the pct where my home address is but as a locum, I have had to test it in a pharmacy during their eps setting-up in a different pct only to find it does not work. I was told by our staff that during the issuing of smartcards pct can tick or untick a box for pharmacists to work as locums everywhere but my effort to find out about the status of mine has amount to nothing. One phone call after another tells me there is noone at the pct willing to help and the 'someone' who can has not rung back for many days. Am I alone? Any advice before the time comes when scanning barcode trully makes an incredibly big difference in speeding up the dispensing process? (I doubt it unless they bring in a prescriptions iron to flatten them 1st) Are pct's usually so selfish and territorial that they cannot see past the need for locums to relief pharmacists needing time off? Or am I just asking questions never occured to them in the first place because pushing pencils already take up too much effort?