Serious questions

[Asterix]

With the 'responsible pharmacist' coming into place and may I ask when, is there a hitch on our job security. Also with remote supervision, is it likely in the future the job of the pharmacist will be undermined.

I also heard today that electronic prescriptions will be coming through so I am wondering how this may affect us.

Finally will the pay ever go up for us?

As a student I was hoping for some answers.

[johnep]

Re: Serious questions

All these new ideas promulgated by CCA etc to try to reduce shortage of pharmacists and hence pay. Pay is controlled by supply and demand. ie more pharmacists = lower pay.
johnep

[Asterix]

Re: Serious questions

All these new ideas promulgated by CCA etc to try to reduce shortage of pharmacists and hence pay. Pay is controlled by supply and demand. ie more pharmacists = lower pay.
johnep

When exactly will these ideas be coming into play though, I read about them and this white paper bs every week but haven't seen it occuring anywhere yet.

[johnep]

Re: Serious questions

This year, next year, sometime, never. Usual govnmt cock up.
johnep

[Asterix]

Re: Serious questions

This year, next year, sometime, never. Usual govnmt cock up.
johnep

but what's this white paper crap about then?

[Pharmanaut]

Re: Serious questions

but what's this white paper crap about then?

Its full of wonderful opportunities for... well someone.
Why not have a read of it?

[Sir_Dispensalot]

Re: Serious questions

if we're lucky they'll keep on umming and arrring about it until they get too close to the general election - then the conservatives will get in and give us a whole new set of poorly thought out legal hoops to jump through...
sigh

politics

[Asterix]

Re: Serious questions

But I thought all of this was already in place.

[Sir_Dispensalot]

Re: Serious questions

green paper = suggestion of a bill
white paper = main outline of a bill, debated in parliament and at committee stage until acceptable details agreed upon
bill = proposed change in law presented fully to parliament for debate and vote in commons. once passed in commons goes to lords for further debate and vote, then passed to queen for royal assent, signed & becomes an Act of parliament.

so in other words a white paper still has a long way before it becomes law and it could still (hopefully) fall through...