The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 280 No 7506 p708
14 June 2008

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Scottish contract announcement expected

Community pharmacists in Scotland can expect to hear the details of this year’s remuneration package, including an announcement on new services, at the end of June 2008.

Alex MacKinnon, head of corporate affairs, CPS, told The Journal this week that CPS hopes the Scottish Government will make an announcement on pharmacy services in the very near future.

“We hope to be in a position to provide details of the remuneration settlement for 2008–09 soon,” he said.

Community Pharmacy Scotland has been lobbying for extensions to the public health service, in particular calling for national smoking cessation and emergency hormonal contraception services (PJ, 24 May 2008, p613).