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Pharmacists have had 5-years of university and practice based training in community, hospitals and PCTs. Apart from being experts on drugs, providing information on how to use them correctly, and highlighting dosage and any contraindications they are also extremely knowledgeable in terms of the clinical and physiological implications and have sufficient training to provide advice not just to the general public but other health professionals such as GPs. They cannot be replaced without this training.

We as health care professionals and members of the public, understand that if a pharmacist was allowed to be absent for 1-2 hours a day it will be for the benefit of the public and the pharmacist's role.

However, some pharmacists believe this is a stepping-stone for implementing the "remote supervision" legislation where one pharmacist can be responsible for more than one pharmacy. We find this unacceptable putting an end to the pharmacy profession.

This petition urges the government to guarantee and safeguard the pharmacy profession and the health of the public by putting a side the gain for the treasury and large businesses, and putting the health of the nation first.

Current signatories

Amjad Khan, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Dick King
• S King
• sandip purewal
• Mohammed Azam
• Iwona Szpakowska
• Karen Francis
• Matt
• Shabana Natha
• Minhal Master
• Mahira Shabir
• A Sydenham
• Uma Kakkad MRPharmS
• Jon Flitcroft
• Elsa SIMON MRPharmS
• Jez MRPharmS
• paul
• Robert Gartside
• stephen hartley
• John Fletcher
• Kristie Gleeson
• Peter Williams
• Yassin Dickie
• GUY LEE-AMIES
• James
• Emma Mingins
• John
• Alan
• Rebecca Sampson
• Yahya Shah
• M Qadir
• Ismail Hussein
• Hrushikesh Joshi(MRPharmS)
• Sulman Qadir
• Gareth Jones
• Naomi Wyatt
• Sohaib Ashraf
• bobby sandhu
• sabina asghar
• Rob Jaynes
• s kahlon