Are dispensing doctors the right response to prescribing pharmacists?
In the UK, where all pharmacists will prescribe independently by 2026, doctors at 1100 practices can also dispense.
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Whenever pharmacists push further into diagnosing and prescribing, GPs ask the question.
If the prescriber-dispenser divide is truly an ancient notion, rather than pharmacists prescribing, can’t doctors dispense instead?