2021-05-13 17:07:20
The Queen’s Speech this week announced two pieces of legislation that will probably affect pharmacy practice. There will be a Health and Care Bill which will presumably implement the proposals in the Government’s recent White Paper, including subsuming Clinical Commissioning Groups into Integrated Care Systems. A Professional Qualifications Bill has already been introduced in the House of Lords. The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy says in a Policy Statement:
“We are proposing a framework that allows highly skilled professionals from all around the world to practise in the UK. This will end the systematic disparity in treatment of professional qualification holders from the EU, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein (European Economic Area (EEA) compared to those from other countries. Instead, the UK Government and devolved administrations can make sure that employers can access suitably qualified professionals from all around the world where there is a demand for their services.”