Increasingly litigious society
The UK’s ‘compensation culture’ has a far-reaching impact on the healthcare sector, with pharmacists finding themselves more vulnerable to claims. System changes and a drive away from high-quality patient care and towards commercial viability and market competition mean that medicine providers are increasingly targeted.
Proposed workforce impact
- Pharmacists become more detached from service users.
- Pharmacists become increasingly risk adverse.
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Additional research questions
- Is this likely to occur?
- How does the litigious society in the United States affect the pharmacy workforce?
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