The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 271 No 7259 p108
26 July 2003

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Support staff survey in Scotland

All pharmacists in Scotland are being asked to take part in a survey about pharmacy support staff.

The questionnaire aims to gather information about the numbers, titles and qualifications of pharmacy support staff in both primary and secondary care. It is being sent to pharmacists by a working group that was set up to examine the developmental needs of support staff, something that was a requirement in the Scottish pharmacy plan.

Frank Owens, chairman of the Scottish Pharmaceutical General Council, told The Journal: “It is important that pharmacists return their forms as quickly as possible in order to allow the group to continue its work in identifying both the current number of staff engaged in the service and the future likely educational needs of those staff.”

Bill Scott, the chief pharmaceutical officer in Scotland, added: “The survey will be of considerable value in identifying future workforce planning requirements and in helping define an explicit career structure for pharmacy support staff in Scotland.”