So England is closing the doors to overseas pharmacists, followed closely by 
Ireland, presumably under pressure from the EU. This includes pharmacists 
from Australia and New Zealand, 2 English speaking countries, which are even 
members of the Commonwealth. This has been a great source of overseas 
experience for New Zealand pharmacists, who are, by world standards, 
extremely well qualified, having completed a 4 year Bachelor of Pharmacy 
(BPharm) degree, followed by 1 year  internship prior to registration. Now 
if a NZ qualified pharmacist wishes to register in the UK, they need to do 
ANOTHER 2 years study in the UK. What a joke.   What is the UK going to do 
when they don't have enough pharmacists? Thats happening now, going by the 
recruitment ads in the journals and newspapers here. So much for the 
Commonwealth. But then that little arrangement was effectively finished when 
you stopped buing our lamb.  We might as well tell your queen to go jump and 
stick her commonwealth up her poncy bum. Time to become a republic.

-- 
Tony

Tony

If it is any consolation most of us do not agree with this!  Unfortunately 
the Pharmaceutical Society does not do what most of it's members want.

I have worked (and made friends) with some great pharmacists, from 
Australia, New Zealand and other places around the world.

We have a long tradition with our overseas friends from "down under" and I 
(and all my colleagues I have asked) thinks this stinks.

We still get NZ lamb by the way, unless it's a forgery!

You are of course right, another two years of study is a disgrace, and 
totally unnesssary.  In fact it's an insult to you all.  Of course you are 
qualified enough to work here, nobody who works with Aus/NZ pharmacists 
thinks any different.  I honestly don't know what they are thinking.

By the way I'll help you shove the Queen wherever you want!

I will stay friends with the people I have been lucky enough to meet, and 
keep in touch with them.

Post this on the pharmacy-forum.co.uk  It's used by not just pharmacists 
from the UK.  It's a good topic for debate!

All the best to you.  I'll happily buy you a beer if I ever meet you.

Elaine
www.pharmacy-forum.co.uk
The UK Forum for all things Pharmacy


"Tony"  wrote in message 
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> So England is closing the doors to overseas pharmacists, followed closely 
> by Ireland, presumably under pressure from the EU. This includes 
> pharmacists from Australia and New Zealand, 2 English speaking countries, 
> which are even members of the Commonwealth. This has been a great source 
> of overseas experience for New Zealand pharmacists, who are, by world 
> standards, extremely well qualified, having completed a 4 year Bachelor of 
> Pharmacy (BPharm) degree, followed by 1 year  internship prior to 
> registration. Now if a NZ qualified pharmacist wishes to register in the 
> UK, they need to do ANOTHER 2 years study in the UK. What a joke.   What 
> is the UK going to do when they don't have enough pharmacists? Thats 
> happening now, going by the recruitment ads in the journals and newspapers 
> here. So much for the Commonwealth. But then that little arrangement was 
> effectively finished when you stopped buing our lamb.  We might as well 
> tell your queen to go jump and stick her commonwealth up her poncy bum. 
> Time to become a republic.
>
> -- 
> Tony
>