Comments on: Should locum pharmacists be given MUR targets? http://www.pluk.co.uk/2009/should-locum-pharmacists-be-given-mur-targets/ Pharmacy Recruitment Agency Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:06:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pharmacotherapist http://www.pluk.co.uk/2009/should-locum-pharmacists-be-given-mur-targets/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Pharmacotherapist Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:43:58 +0000 http://www.pluk.co.uk/?p=137#comment-35 I'd love to be a pharmacotherapist rather than a supply clerk; however this ignores the fact that we were always supposed to be so much more than a medicines supply clerk. It's a shame that's what the current community structure is forcing us into. Was it always so? But these days, you don't get profits from supplying as many items as inhumanly possible or offering free compliance aids if you bulk order your prescriptions through us. I totally agree the profession is being tarnished with a clinical role (if you define MURs as such) being seen as something to be sold as often as possible for as little cost as possible. But if you ignore the fact that we have the expertise and can be trusted with supplying medicines, would others say that we are over-educated yet underqualified medicines management nurses? I’d love to be a pharmacotherapist rather than a supply clerk; however this ignores the fact that we were always supposed to be so much more than a medicines supply clerk. It’s a shame that’s what the current community structure is forcing us into.

Was it always so? But these days, you don’t get profits from supplying as many items as inhumanly possible or offering free compliance aids if you bulk order your prescriptions through us.

I totally agree the profession is being tarnished with a clinical role (if you define MURs as such) being seen as something to be sold as often as possible for as little cost as possible.

But if you ignore the fact that we have the expertise and can be trusted with supplying medicines, would others say that we are over-educated yet underqualified medicines management nurses?

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