Regulation of pharmacists - consultation

[Asolepius]

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]

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

[email protected]

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]

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