Locums, get together to refuse cheap jobs!!!

[husjaf]

Haha because they know no better most probably

[Hello]

Too much thread creep.

Can we keep off of the advantages/disadvantages of immigration and stick to the thread subject please?????

[johnep]

But one affects the other.
johnep

[dippsy]

How is the foot patch coming on?

[bobbin]

Pharmacists effectively had a monopoly over dispensing and checking prescriptions. Now that there are ACTs, the real value of a locum will be set by default by the market. If locums really had the value of £25 per hour, then the market will set the value as such. If this is not happening then we need to realise that the only reason why we were able to charge these rates was because we effectively had an artificial cartel over the rights to check dispensed medicines. Now that the cartel is being dismantled, the real value of our work is actually being recognised.

Indeed, the multiples no longer employ an extra pharmacist in some of their busiest branches. The 2nd pharmacist was often predominantly a 'checker'. They do not wish to pay £25 for checking when they can pay £9. Due to the need for clinical checking it only works well in specific cases however eg. nursing homes, MDS, some PCS scripts.