The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 267 No 7169 p506-509
13 October 2001

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Unsubstantiated accusations

From Mr B. Shooter, MRPharmS

The letter from “Disillusioned locum” (PJ, 6 October, p462) was damning to all of us who own average independent community pharmacies.

To write or publish such an unsubstantiated and anonymous letter is, in my opinion, unforgivable. It reduces The Journal to the level of a sensationalist tabloid.

If its content were true the letter should have been addressed or referred to the pharmacist who hired the locum, and if the locum had sufficient evidence, then on to the Society’s professional standards directorate.

I take a similar course of action when my locum agency provides me with an unsatis- factory locum. This ensures that the agency does not use that locum again and, if need be, the locum is advised by one of the Society’s inspectors to modify his or her practice.

As opposed to your correspondent, I cannot speak highly enough of my local inspectors who have always guided me with just the right combination of rigour and sympathy.

Barry Shooter
Romford, Essex

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