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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs a profit-first philosophy in retail pharmacy compromising working conditions and patient care?
https://sciencebasedpharmacy.wordpress.com/2016/04/24/is-a-profit-first-philosophy-in-retail-pharmacy-compromising-working-conditions-and-patient-care/"The tension between the business of pharmacy and the professional responsibilities of pharmacists, as health care professionals, has always been present in retail (community) pharmacy practice. For much of the past several decades, pharmacies have generally been owned by pharmacists, elevating pharmacy ethics and professional responsibilities to the level of the owner. But the era of the independent pharmacist-owner-operated pharmacy is disappearing, and the era of the massive pharmacy chain is upon us. In the United States, CVS and Walgreens command 50% of the retail pharmacy business in major cities. In Canada, Shoppers Drug Mart has been purchased by the grocery giant Loblaw, and the Rexall chain has been purchased by American giant McKesson. And in the United Kingdom, retail pharmacy chain Boots has about 25% of pharmacy market share.
With this retail consolidation, are we seeing a decline in the autonomy of the front-line pharmacist? A scathing series of articles in The Guardian is raising questions about whether pharmacy giant Boots is putting a drive for profits ahead of safe and appropriate pharmacy care. And pharmacists are speaking up.The Guardian column is scathing. How Boots went Rogue was the headline in a long piece by Aditya Chakrabortty:
This is the tale of how one of Britains oldest and biggest businesses went rogue to the point where its own pharmacists claim their working conditions threaten the safety of patients, and experts warn that the managements pursuit of demanding financial targets poses a risk to public health. (Boots denies this, saying that offering care for our colleagues, customers and the communities which we serve
is an integral part of our strategy.)
At the heart of this story is one of the most urgent debates in post-crash Britain: what large companies owe the rest of us in taxes, in wages, and in standards of behaviour.
At the heart of this story is one of the most urgent debates in post-crash Britain: what large companies owe the rest of us in taxes, in wages, and in standards of behaviour.
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Is a profit-first philosophy in retail pharmacy compromising working conditions and patient care? (Original Post)
HuckleB
May 2016
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LisaM
(27,864 posts)1. I think so.
I've heard some horror stories about the quotas set at places like CVS.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)4. I'd like to see a similar investigation into pharmacies in the US.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)5. I'm sorry, what is "nss?"
Thanks!
niyad
(114,011 posts)6. stands for "no s***, sherlock"
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)7. Thanks. I found multiple possibilities, but that was not one of them.
It is a good one, though!
LiberalArkie
(15,740 posts)3. K&R