Regulation of pharmacists - consultation

Asolepius · 24th February 2009, 07:09 AM

There is still time to have your say on how UK pharmacists should be regulated. As you know they are currently regulated more as shopkeepers than as scientists, and can sell health care products which make false claims pretty much with impunity. Boots is among the worst offenders. Go to the RPSGB site and participate in the consultation. As it happens today a conference is being held in London, to discuss proposals for the new General Pharmaceutical Council. I had hoped to attend but circumstances conspired against me.

Soapy Sam · 25th February 2009, 04:06 AM

The only response channel I find there is the email link;

pharmprofreg-response@dh.gsi.gov.uk

I have replied to that, saying I want a pharmacist to be a practitioner of evidence- based medicine, with legal separation from the sales-oriented pressures natural to chains like Loyds and Boots and free to give an unfettered opinion on materials he sees as unlikely to be helpful.

Asolepius · 25th February 2009, 04:50 AM

Sorry, the navigation to the response form is rather convoluted. Here is a short cut. I have said much the same as you have.

24th February 2009, 07:09 AM	#1
Asolepius Graduate Poster Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,166	Regulation of pharmacists - consultation There is still time to have your say on how UK pharmacists should be regulated. As you know they are currently regulated more as shopkeepers than as scientists, and can sell health care products which make false claims pretty much with impunity. Boots is among the worst offenders. Go to the RPSGB site and participate in the consultation. As it happens today a conference is being held in London, to discuss proposals for the new General Pharmaceutical Council. I had hoped to attend but circumstances conspired against me.
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25th February 2009, 04:06 AM	#2
Soapy Sam NLH Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 25,885	The only response channel I find there is the email link; pharmprofreg-response@dh.gsi.gov.uk I have replied to that, saying I want a pharmacist to be a practitioner of evidence- based medicine, with legal separation from the sales-oriented pressures natural to chains like Loyds and Boots and free to give an unfettered opinion on materials he sees as unlikely to be helpful.
Soapy Sam NLH Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 25,885

25th February 2009, 04:50 AM	#3
Asolepius Graduate Poster Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,166	Sorry, the navigation to the response form is rather convoluted. Here is a short cut. I have said much the same as you have.
	__________________ No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797) Blog - Majikthyse