The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 No 7353 p717
11 June 2005

Society summary

Pharmacy needs greater autonomy in Scotland

The importance of greater autonomy for Scotland’s pharmacists was stressed by Angela Timoney, chairman of the Society’s Scottish Executive, at an executive meeting on 6 June.

She highlighted the opportunities offered by supplementary prescribing and confirmed that the Society in Scotland was actively consulting on independent prescribing, believing that pharmacists should in principle be able to prescribe any medicine for any condition within their bounds of competency.

Mrs Timoney was speaking after being elected chairman for a second year. Rose-Marie Parr was re-elected vice-chairman.