Regards
Katie,
I'll agree with all of that, but I never mentioned dictate. What I would
like to see are common protocols in which we all know what the other party
is doing. I would also like us to be able to influence each others
protocols, so that we are all delivering the same message.
Let's change examples:- How can you hope to convince patients that the
topical NSAIDs are a waste of money (I'm with MeRec on this <BG>) while
your local pharmacist has a shop window full of the things (along with a 6ft
poster extolling the virtues of one of them). It's a crazy way to run a
health service.
Jeff
Jeff Green
-Community Locum and Consultant Pharmacist-
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Katie Law
> Sent: 07 April 1998 07:37
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Branded drugs
> the problem here is that the group of patients who present to a
> pharmacist are not the same as the group that present to a GP....
> in the same way as the patients a GP sees are not a similar cohort to
> those seen in hospital outpatients.
>
> Therefore a pharmacist can not be in a position to dictate a GP's
> prescribing.
>
> Katie
>
> --
> Katie Law
>
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|