Hospital pharmacy is a competitive sector - hospital pharmacists comprise 15-20% of the Register and the number of pre-registration places in community pharmacy outweighs that in hospitals. Transferring from community pharmacy to the hospital sector can therefore present a challenge for qualified pharmacists. Mary Evans, chief pharmacist at Luton and Dunstable Hospital, is involved in the recruitment of senior hospital pharmacy . staff, and has seen the process change over the years. "If you go back ten years or so, most hospitals had some pharmacists in dispensaries so community pharmacists could move more easily into a dispensary pharmacist or dispensary manager role," she says, "but now that route no longer exists because dispensaries are technician-led."
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