A Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) survey on working conditions across the sector was used by the Guardian as part of its allegations that target pressures are affecting patient safety at the multiples.
One month after the article was published, PDA chair Mark Koziol tells C+D what the organisation has been working on since.
C+D will releasing its full interview with Mr Koziol as a podcast later this month.
Find out what C+D learned from the PDA’s safety survey here, and read one anonymous pharmacist’s stories of target pressures here.
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