The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 No 7440 p216
24 February 2007

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Community contract

We are good value

From Mr C. Morris, MRPharmS

I refer to the article regarding the review of the new contract by the Department of Health (PJ, 10 February, p154). I feel slightly worried that the emphasis being made is to show what good value pharmacists could be to beleaguered primary care trusts. Of course we are good value: we have had to do more work (eg, medicines use reviews) just to get the money that we received before and PCTs, that I am aware of, laugh at the idea of pharmacists providing extra services since they have no money to pay for them.

I agree that we could prove a cost efficient asset to the NHS. After all, if pharmacists can keep their heads above water on the amount that they are paid then they should be able to sort out ways to save their PCTs a lot of money. Maybe this time we could get paid for any extra little jobs that might get added to the contract?

These views are my own and not those of the English Pharmacy Board, but I will be suggesting that this DoH review should be one of the EPB’s priorities.

Chris Morris
Newquay, Cornwall

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