Why the new contractual framework is a requiem for independent pharmacy

摘要

I have been a pharmacist long enough to see many changes in our profession but none has been so bad for independent pharmacy as the new pharmacy contractual framework.In the short term,most contractors are earning more,perhaps significantly more,but we should not be so short sighted as to ignore the future.We are being drowned in a deluge of paperwork most of which has no apparent value to the NHS,to the profession or,most significantly,to patients.Increased remuneration must not be viewed in isolation from the extra work necessary to secure it.