UK pharmacists highly stressed
September 10, 2013
MORE than 80% of pharmacists
in the UK say that workplace stress
has made them consider leaving
the profession during the past
12 months, according to a survey
conducted by British publication
Chemist and Druggist.
Of the 150 pharmacists who took
part in the poll last week, four out
of five said they had thought of
resigning in the last year.
That was a higher level of
dissatisfaction than shown by
more than 10,000 British nurses,
with a recent Royal College of
Nursing survey finding that 62%
had considered quitting because of
workplace pressures.
The report cites English Pharmacy
Board and Royal Pharmaceutical
Society member, Sid Dajani, who
said that pharmacists have to deal
with more red tape than nurses
and also battle a “dysfunctional”
medicines supply chain.
However there’s unlikely to be any
sympathy from the government,
with a strong influx of pharmacists
from the European Union meaning
any pharmacists who do quit can
be quickly and easily replaced.
The report says many pharmacists
don’t have time to properly
perform their clinical duties.
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