I have just paid my fees and my responsible pharmacist reply is due in
. Anyways, I have joined the PDA union where union action has been mentioned. Can we discuss the implications of a pharmacist strike please, in response to our loss of responsibility and remote supervision. I understand that a strike will be pretty bad in the public eye. Pretty bad also amongst fellow health professionals. Pretty good for wouldbe dispensing doctors. However I feel that this would only be appealing to locums. Employee pharmacists havent really got that much to lose as they are already being abused in a manner akin to 'Gollum' from Lord of the Rings. Locums (25% of community workforce, Hassell 2004) have everything to lose by not striking. I often ponder as to how much power lies with the pharmacist. Morbidity and mortality will increase as no-one can intervene on the Doctors mistake in the GENERAL way that the pharmacist can. However dispensing doctors miss out on intervention and accuracy check, which may suggest that patient safety doesn't actually matter, as long as deaths/mishaps are not reported (who cares when a 90 yr old dies in a nursing home) and the meek patients carry on with their apathetic attitude to health.

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