Pharmacist on Wednesday in warning strike

Warning strike in the pharmacies of Baden-Wuerttemberg

05/09/2012

On Wednesday, the pharmacists in two regions of Baden-Württemberg in the warning strike. The pharmacist associations argue for one „adequate remuneration“ the pharmacist. The increase of 25 cents per prescriptive remedy planned by the Federal Ministry of Economics and the Federal Ministry of Health is unacceptable and does not even offer an inflation compensation, the Landesapothekerverband (LAV) Baden-Württemberg justified the upcoming warning strikes.

According to the LAV, the first pharmacies in Baden-Württemberg will go on a warning strike on Wednesday. In this way, the pressure on the policy to be increased in order to achieve a better remuneration for their services for pharmacists throughout Germany. The current offer is„definitely not acceptable“, emphasized the president of the LAV Baden-Württemberg, Fritz Becker. If the ministries remain in their position, the supply of medicines would be significantly worse, according to Becker. The warning strikes are initially planned only for the city of Esslingen and the emergency service district Sigmaringen. If the difference persists, however, according to the LAV chief, extension to other regions and federal states is conceivable.

Operation during the warning strikes by the emergency service flap
Although the pharmacies in the two warning strike regions remain on duty during the warning strike to provide the patients with the necessary medicines. However, the operation is done only by the emergency service, according to the announcement of the Landesapothekerverband Baden-Württemberg. The warning strike should the joint demand of the Federal Association of German pharmacists associations (ABDA) and the LAV after a fee increase „of about one euro per prescribed drug for the 21,300 self-employed pharmacists with their approximately 148,000 employees“ Be procured. According to the information provided by the Landesapothekerverband, the Ministry's previous proposal amounts to 25 cents. (Fp)

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