The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7233 p115
25 January 2003

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Period-of-treatment fee

Pharmacists should lead not blindly follow

From Mr J. Phillips, MRPharmS

There is a simple and effective answer to the latest imposition by the Government in abolishing the "threshold quantity fees". For once allow pharmacists to lead instead of blindly following. Upon receiving a prescription for an item which would have attracted this fee, 28 days supply should be given and the prescriber notified. Should the matter result in a test case, so be it. Surely the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (possibly in conjunction with the National Pharmaceutical Association) could fund the legal fees of such an action.

It might be interesting if the North London pharmacists, on whom it appears this calamity has fallen most strongly, could put up a suitable candidate. I am not suggesting that North London is alone in this, just that they have been most vociferous so far.

J. Phillips
Colchester, Essex

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