The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7239 p333
8 March 2003

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Remuneration

Does the BMA have something that the PSNC has not?

From Ms I. Panchal, MRPharmS

Recent headlines in the national press point to the fact that general practitioners have been offered a minimum of £100,000 in a new contract.

When will the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee manage to get such headlines for general practice pharmacies? Sue Sharpe recently replied to a letter from D. H. Patel that the PSNC did not have the muscle to negotiate (PJ, 15 February, p226). I understand that the British Medical Association is a trade union. However, it has always managed to obtain a decent remuneration for its members. What has the BMA got that the PSNC has not? Is it strong leadership?

Indira Panchal
Bedford

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