The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) is calling on the Government to take seriously the impact on patient safety because of a shortage of hospital pharmacists. Inaction is no longer acceptable to our profession or the patients they care for in hospitals. Around a quarter of junior pharmacist positions remain unfilled up from 22% in 2008 (1) - a trend that concerns us greatly. These staff work across all aspects of hospital pharmacy including clinical work on wards, checking the safety and efficacy of prescriptions and providing information on medicines…

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Society Calls For Urgent Government Action On Shortage Of Hospital Pharmacists, UK

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