Pharmacy has always suffered from an identity crisis. Nobody in Government seems to realise what we do and how we do it. The sole reason for this is that we, as a profession, never present a united front to any authority. How can we expect the Government to sit up and take notice when we are so fragmented? One only has to observe the plethora of pharmaceutical organisations to . see the degree of fragmentation. Is it any wonder that we are seen as easy targets for funding reduction because of this? For any cut of funding we seem to put up and shut up except for the odd flurry of letters in the pharmaceutical press at such times and which anyone outside the profession ignores.
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