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Old 17th, July 2007, 04:13 PM
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Cool Pharmacy Technicians the new Healthcare professionals

Pharmacy techs have now moved from having an occupation to being professionals........is it now time to change the entry requirements......i.e recent advert for training...NO GCSEs required/ 5 GCSEs A-C not needed.

My point of view is that this should be reviewed, if techs are to be taken seriously and on an equal par with other healthcare professionals......just a thought.....the message this is sending is..trust me I'm a professional even though I haven't got a basic education
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Old 17th, July 2007, 10:58 PM
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Default Re: Pharmacy Technicians the new Healthcare professionals

Heck - tough talk, but you have a point.

Do other technicians eg radiographer's tecs have professional status - just wondering here.

What about the nurse debate - are all nurses professionals - many have little education compared to other professionals?

Who decides who is a professional? Footballers are called professionals and many have no education.

I'm not sure what the criteria really is - apart from the dictionary definition.
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Old 18th, July 2007, 01:05 AM
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Default Re: Pharmacy Technicians the new Healthcare professionals

Are they officially professionals now then? Where's it say that?
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