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The Society
End of a golden era?
From Mr C. Morris, MRPharmS
I must congratulate you on an excellent Christmas
edition of the PJ (18/25 December 2004).
One thing I did notice was the article concerning the Shipman
report and its possible effects on pharmacy (p874). At first I thought that
surely this should be next to the rather good interview
with a trematode parasite (p903) but then I realised, the game was up. We had been found
out. Just as the General Medical Council has been branded an old boy
network so too must the Royal Pharmaceutical Society fall.
What will this mean for pharmacists? No longer can we count on the unconditional
support of the Society to the detriment of the general public. No longer
will we get the jovial non-threatening visits from inspectors. No longer
can pharmacists expect the normal leniency from the Society. No longer
can we expect the immediate defence of pharmacy on news programmes, etc,
when pharmacists are charged with incompetence.
It is the end of a golden era my friends.
Chris Morris
Newquay, Cornwall
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