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Pharmacist pay premium rejected - BBC Health News 3rd July 2009
Unions have reacted furiously to ministers' rejection of a proposal for a national recruitment and retention premium for junior pharmacists.
The independent pay review body recommended the scheme as a way to boost numbers of pharmacists in the profession across the UK.
Response: Pharmacists aren't profit-seekers, they fill a vital gap - The Guardian 24th June 2009
The access to advice and treatment they provide helps patients and takes pressure off GPs, says Nick Barber
Chemists could be given access to patient data - Daily Mail 12th February 2009
High street pharmacists will be able to view patients' medical records under controversial plans, it emerged last night.
The move is intended by the Government to improve patient care and ensure chemists give the best medicines and advice. But doctors and campaigners warn patient confidentiality could be put at serious risk.
Why trusting your pharmacist could put your health at risk - Daily Mail 14th October 2008
We're urged to see our chemist about 'minor' ills but how safe is their advice? We went undercover to the major pharmacy chains with three seemingly simple questions... with disturbing results.
'I can't give you the morning-after pill - it's against my religion', Asian pharmacist tells woman - Daily Mail 4th October 2008
A woman was refused the morning-after pill because it was against the pharmacist's religious beliefs.
Ruth Johnson, 30, was refused the emergency contraception by a locum pharmacist at a Tesco supermarket.
She asked an assistant at the chemist counter for the pill Levonelle, but was told it had to be dispensed by the locum himself.
Survey highlights bad advice by pharmacies - The Guardian 25th September 2008
Poorly trained staff in some pharmacies are giving customers unsuitable and potentially dangerous medical advice, according to an undercover investigation by Which?\n\nThe consumer watchdog says its officers were badly advised in a third of 101 pharmacies they visited across the UK. Independent chemists rated particularly poorly, giving unsatisfactory advice on about half of the visits.
Independent chemists 'worst for reliable advice' - The Independent 25th September 2008
If you want the best medical advice, avoid small independent chemists, an undercover investigation suggests today.
Some 48 per cent of non-chain pharmacies gave misleading, inaccurate or potentially dangerous "help" to shoppers, according to the consumer group Which?. National and regional chemists' chains – including Lloyds – dispensed poor advice on 38 per cent of visits, while supermarkets got it wrong in almost a third of cases.
A third of pharmacies give 'unsuitable and potentially unsafe' advice, survey finds- Daily Mail 25th September 2008
One in three pharmacies is giving out inadequate and potentially dangerous advice to customers, says a survey.
In some cases, unqualified staff are handing over powerful drugs without making checks with the pharmacist.
And some online pharmacies are apparently breaking the law by selling more painkillers than the limit per customer.
Pharmacy advice 'frequently poor' - BBC Health News 25th September 2008
Staff at pharmacies are frequently giving inappropriate and occasionally dangerous advice to patients, a survey has suggested.
Staff at Which? magazine visited 101 pharmacies in the UK, and claimed they received "unsatisfactory" advice on a third of occasions.
Chemists 'under too much strain'- BBC Health News 17th August 2008
Pharmacists are being put under too much strain, putting patients at risk, say the profession's leaders.
In recent years, there has been a huge increase in the number of prescriptions issued, while pharmacists have taken on extra work to ease the pressur
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