PHARMACISTS in Scotland are set to come under increased pressure as the country's Pharmacy First scheme is combined with a minor ailments program, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Scottish Pharmacy Board Chair, Jonathan Burton, warns.
Burton said that while the move to increase pharmacists' scope of practice was positive "there is also a risk that we will be swamped with work".
The careful expansion of our role is to be welcomed, but it's vital our pharmacists are appropriately resourced and supported," he said.
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