In a message dated 15/02/00 22:52:58 GMT Standard Time,
sajnacki@earthlink.net writes:
Hello William,
<<First, self regulation will not work. If it did it would be working already
and it is not.>>
When you say it does not work are you talking about the GMC and recent
matters involving this or in pharmacy (on the mainland UK) specifically. If
so the latter where is your evidence base for this?
<< Without a strict set of rules people will take advantage of a situation,
as they are now. >>
Again, why do you say this and where is the proof?
<<It is important to remember that the internet does not hold a "home base".>>
But regulating e-commerce in relation to pharmacy materials can be regulated
if pharmacy on-line services are tied to bricks and mortar that can be
inspected along with other criteria.
<<It hangs on the edge of extinction, forcefully being replaced by inferior
technology. >>
I disagree pharmacy practice is changing, funding resources from dispensing
is going towards extinction and technology is not replacing anything. It is a
tool to further enhance practice and move us away from extinction. Anyone can
dispense but not everyone can claim to be a pharmacist.
SID
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