The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 No 7345 p451
16 April 2005

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· General election
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· Repeat dispensing
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· New contract
· Charge refunds
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Letters to the Editor

Repeat dispensing

Any savings unlikely to be passed to pharmacy

From Mr U. A. Patel, MRPharmS

I note John Wilson’s reply to my letter (PJ, 19 March, p336) and Sue Smith’s letter (PJ, 2 April, p388). I have attended the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education workshop on repeat dispensing and I am implementing it in the local primary care trust. The primary objective of the scheme is to reduce the workload at the surgery and increase patient convenience. As I wrote in my original letter (PJ, 5 March, p269), the consequence will be increased workload at the pharmacy. I am aware of the essential service 2 in the new contract and the “funding” for it. The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has not published the detailed costing for this service to my knowledge. In my view, any cost saving at the surgery, if any, is unlikely to be passed on to the pharmacy.

U. A. Patel
Northwood, Middlesex

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