No Pharmacy Technician SCLF this year? Surely this is a printing error?? @NPTGS1 @SCLF_ @APTUK1

Happy international women’s day - I have been privileged to work with and learn from some amazing women over years @ails239 @OwenD68 @mlnbryan @lindahendersonn @CarolNairn1 @nicky_nardone @PTAud_King @fionablackmc @LauraBy270808 @CassellsKirstin @ClaireSt1976

Pharmacists should be able to help any medical colleagues wondering how this will play out. We’ve seen similar in pharmacy over the past 20 years, driven by money/cost-cutting. The meaning of words will be strained beyond what is credible, such that the point being made no longer holds true. The GMC will start to regulate PAs, calling PAs and doctors collectively, “medical professionals”. The use of the terminology will become commonplace, including among those with academic titles. They’ll teach it in universities. People will start to regard it as in their self-interest to adopt the term, lest they be chastised or “cancelled” for failing to do so. Students will not be taught to question it. Training will no longer be designed specifically for doctors, but “medical professionals”, thereby reducing the complexity, depth or specialised nature of that training and its suitability for doctors. Standards will be set for “medical professionals” which are but a shadow of those which exist now - dropping more complex provisions in favour of concepts such as politeness and servility. Those at your professional body will eventually adopt the term “medical professionals”, and will regard it as in their interests to seek to represent doctors and PAs collectively, despite the evident conflict of interests. They will perceive that there is money to be made from doing so, for example through the sale of indemnity insurance or increased revenue from membership fees. They’ll use terms such as “inclusivity” and “collaboration” to try to persuade you to act against your own interests, and stifle any challenge from you. You’ll find yourselves without any effective representation of your professional interests. Their membership numbers will drop, and they’ll pretend that they don’t understand why. The above will be cheered on by high-profile individuals within the profession. They’ll act as if they are on the side of the profession, whilst simultaneously causing it harm. You may wonder if they’re ignorant of politics, but that’s not it. They’re simply hoping to raise their own profile, and they’ll be applauded by a number of PAs who revel in the false-flattery of being grouped with doctors as “the medical profession”. @Doc_IonaCollins

Another fabulous conference @mlnbryan @lindahendersonn 🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️ The Tenacious Trio

Wonderfully insightful and exciting talks around developing the profession on all levels today. The work this team has put in is incredible. Well done ladies, a sold out talk aswell! @hassle300mph @lindahendersonn @mlnbryan @pharman #nationalforumforscotland