The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7255 p888
28 June 2003

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Drug tariff

Not obliged to make a loss

From Mr M. K. Amin, MRPharmS

Christian Thimbleby writes to complain about the severity of the monetary penalty enforced upon him by the dispensing of a single dressing, and his inability to claim broken bulk from a packet of five (PJ, 21 June, p860). He also states it is "something I am contractually obliged to do."

I would say that he is not obliged, contractually or otherwise, to make a loss from the dispensing of a prescription. He is foolish to have dispensed the item at a future loss and if a complaint had been made about his contractual obligations then I would suggest that he stand up for himself (and the profession) and challenge such an argument in front of a primary care trust panel. If this fails then surely no court of law could ever entertain the idea of a supplier being forced to make such a deliberate loss.

Milan Amin
Sutton, Surrey

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