The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7236 p227
15 February 2003

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Hospital pharmacy

Locums are the hospital's responsibility

From Ms J. Bayley

Having read R. Isap's letter (PJ, 25 January, p115) about locum pharmacy technicians' earnings, I must point out the technician's side of the argument. In most hospital pharmacies, because of a shortage of qualified staff, departments would find it difficult to run without locum pharmacists and technicians. Any hospital that takes on "staff with little or no experience" takes responsibility for this type of recruitment, and I have never worked with locums who have been of low calibre.

Finally, since Ms Isap believes that her degree has not been worthwhile for £3 per hour extra, I would suggest she seeks an alternative career.

Jackie Bayley
Pharmacy Technician
Macclesfield District General Hospital

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