Yellow card campaign forms part of Scottish contract

摘要

Pharmacists in Scotland are being told this week that they must participate in the latest yellow card campaign(PJ,16 February,p174).This is different from the situation in England and Wales,where involvement is voluntary unless a local agreement is in place.Melinda Cuthbert,senior pharmacist at the Yellow Card Centre Scotland,told The Journal:"All public health campaigns for community pharmacies in Scotland are centrally planned and rolled out by the Scottish Government.So this campaign is just one of many that community pharmacies in Scotland will participate in as part of their contract.Therefore,participation differs in Scotland.Nevertheless,we suspect that most pharmacists would consider it a professional obligation to participate in such an important patient safety initiative."