The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 273 No 7315 p312-315
4 September 2004

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Remuneration

Glad I do not own my own business

From Mr P. R. Dadswell, MRPharmS

I count myself lucky that I do not yet own a pharmacy of my own, although originally this was my intention. I would, however, consider it reasonable for pharmacy owners to expect the Government and our negotiating bodies to stop reducing our fees, ie, prescription charges and countless reductions in generic reimbursement on the back of a service-based contract, which continues to be delayed. Even with the eventual implementation of the contract, dispensing will remain the prime concern of the majority of pharmacies for a good few years. The days of every pharmacy having a qualified technician and the pharmacist spending all day providing the vast array of other services required by the contract are, sadly, still fairly distant.

It would, therefore, be a breath of fresh air if, for once, we were allowed to set up — and be paid for — new services before our alternative funding was taken away.

Peter Dadswell
Leeds

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