Pharmacy staff recruitment into general practice should be paused, say negotiators

摘要

General practice should pause recruitment of pharmacy staff in Scotland, owing to an “unsustainable” workforce drain from community pharmacy, representatives for the sector have said. In a statement (https://mailchi.mp/03160ac56b86/workforce-press-release-1223462? e=fcd37ef6f2) published on 31 August 2021, Community Pharmacy Scotland (CPS) said that over the past “three to four years almost 600 WTE whole time equivalent pharmacists and 300 WTE pharmacist technicians” have been recruited by general practice “to support the pharmacotherapy element of the GP contract” .