How other health care professions manage their non-practising members

摘要

Following the move to a Register of practising and non-practising pharmacists at the beginning of this year,many members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society,including retired and overseas members,have had to decide into which of these two categories they fit.Those pharmacists aged 60 or over and not working in any occupation could choose to register as non-practising members or leave the Register.Those who are retired but undertaking occasional locum jobs have had to pay a practising pharmacist's fee,where previously they could have registered as part-time members and paid a reduced,part-time fee.Overseas pharmacists (not resident or working in Britain) had to move into the practising category if they were to continue working as pharmacists and remain on the Society's Register - a fee increase of jC,156 from last year.