The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 No 7351 p648
28 May 2005

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· Prescribing
· Dispensing doctors
· Information systems
· Adverse event reporting (2)
· Pharmacy graduates
· New contract
· Pharmacy technicians
· Community pharmacy
· Birdsgrove House (2)
· Reciprocal registration

Letters to the Editor

Reciprocal registration

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From Mr D. W. Hoyle, MRPharmS

Further to the letter from Alan Bentley and Anthony Evans (PJ, 14 May, p582), the attempt by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society to end reciprocal registration is not new.

A similar attempt was made in the 1960s and, as a result of protest by members, it was abandoned, except for South Africa.

It is, of course, a regrettable decision given that Australian and New Zealand pharmacists are well qualified in the British tradition of pharmacy.

Antipodean pharmacists will no longer be able to come here on a working holiday to provide much needed locum relief. There will probably also be a retaliation by the countries concerned.

I would urge pharmacists who disagree with this bad decision to write to the Society. If we stopped it 40 years ago we can do so again.

David W. Hoyle
Buxton, Derbyshire

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