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Originally Posted by Steve G Remote supervision must be resisted. For me the main selling point of community pharmacy is that you can walk in off the street and speak to a highly trained professional with a minimal wait. Remote supervision downplays the importance of pharmacists and could seriously inconvenience patients. |
Steve
I agree. The advantage of a proper pharmacy over a dispensing Dr's is that there is a trained pharmacist you can talk to, virtually immediately (within reason). If pharmacies don't have a pharmacist there then what makes a pharmacy any different to any other shop? If people have to come back to see the pharmacist, they won't bother. They'll just phone their own GP or ring NHS direct.
I personally think it could be the start of the slippery slope to the death of the job. I just don't see what jobs we could all do, that the government aren't happy to give to other cheaper workers.
Just my opinion
