Afterthegloom of winter,the new pharmacy contract swept in with the April showers,bringing with it fresh green hopes,new visions and aspirations and a real opportunity to begin practising a truly professional role."Pharmacists are clinicians,not shopkeepers" were the very words spoken by Rosie Winterton.But,as any horticulturist knows,not all spring buds flower as expected.We now find that in addition to some specimens that may well bear superb blossoms and fruit,the hothouse atmosphere of the contract negotiations has left some of our shoots bare and shrivelled.
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