Pharmacy after the general election

摘要

Now that the dust is beginning to settle after the general election,pharmacists and pharmacy organisations will be looking at the new ministerial team at the Department of Health and considering the possible implications for the profession and their practice.One change in particular might worry community pharmacists: the new Secretary of State for Health is Patricia Hewitt.When she was Secretary of State for Trade and Industry,she championed within Government the Office of Fair Trading's recommendation that NHS pharmacy services should be deregulated and left to market forces.