Professional leadership body should not have a monopoly on education and training

摘要

To guard against complacency and inefficiency,the new professional leadership body for pharmacy should not have a monopoly on accrediting undergraduate courses and revalidating practitioners,according to the Council of University Heads of Pharmacy (CUHOP).In a letter to the Department of Health,the CUHOP says that the General Pharmaceutical Council,which it assumes will be responsible for the accreditation of undergraduate education and training and the revalidation of both pharmacists and pharmacy technicians,might choose to delegate or subcontract the undertaking of these functions to one or more bodies.The CUHOP proposes that the professional leadership body should not be guaranteed to carry out these functions.