GPhC: ‘Inappropriate’ for regulator to play part in influencing locum rates
It would be “inappropriate” for the pharmacy regulator to “play a part in setting or influencing locum rates”, the GPhC has told C+D.
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})(); ;window.isIE = !!window.MSInputMethodContext && !!document.documentMode;...and we reiterate that hard evidence of two or more businesses fixing the maximum locum rate they will pay should be referred to the @CMAgovUK (and we'd like to see it too)
— The PDA (@the_pda) February 18, 2022
It would be “inappropriate” for the pharmacy regulator to “play a part in setting or influencing locum rates”, the GPhC has told C+D.