Sell assets before raising fees,says PDA

摘要

Selling assets,or some other alternative,should be considered by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society as a way of addressing its staff pension fund deficit,the Pharmacists' Defence Association has said.The deficit should not be resolved by increasing membership fees.Responding to the Society's recently concluded fees consultation,the PDA said that any fee increases should not be applied equally across all membership sectors.Pharmacists who are semi-retired,part-time,newly qualified or on maternity leave are under a greater financial burden than other pharmacists,so any fee increases should reflect this,the association argued,saying that any civilised society should look after its least advantaged members.