Funding fallout: Can some perspective help?
The government is rifling down the sofa looking for loose change, and it’s only finding coppers. Community pharmacy is not the only state-backed sector feeling straitened.
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The government is rifling down the sofa looking for loose change, and it’s only finding coppers. Community pharmacy is not the only state-backed sector feeling straitened.
An “illegal online pharmacist” has been jailed for more than 10 years for supplying prescription medication and recreational drugs, including diazepam and cocaine, via a Whatsapp group called “UK Pharmacy 2U”.
The pharmacy minister has said that he is “looking forward to working closely” with the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) now that the body has canned its plans for historic collective action.
A pharmacist has been struck off the register after being convicted of “fraudulently” creating prescriptions for an opioid pain medicine worth almost £800, following a previous hearing over "similar matters".
The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has decided against recommending collective action, despite its members unanimously voting to protest unsustainable funding in November.
There’s absolutely no doubt in my mind. The action the NPA has led over the past nine months has changed the game for our network and for our profession.