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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Mon Mar 14, 2022, 03:12 PM Mar 2022

Pharmacies face job shortage, stresses of medical field

JEFFERSON CITY — As healthcare workers are still reeling from the devastating spike in cases of COVID-19 from this winter's Omicron variant, pharmaceutical workers are, similarly, facing severe strains.

Several pharmacies nationwide, and in Mid-Missouri, are facing worker shortages, reduced hours, and even unexpected closures.

"There are pharmacists out there," Ron Fitzwater, the Executive Director of the Missouri Pharmacy Association, an advocacy group, said.
"There's not enough revenue coming to be able to support that kind of overhead, and the patients suffer. I mean, we don't have access here in Jefferson City to a 24-hour pharmacy anymore."

Fitzwater said, for years, the healthcare system has attempted to maximize profits, often at the expense, he said, of pharmaceutical workers on the frontline. After the pandemic, pharmacy employees were met with a surge in demand for both COVID-19 tests and, eventually, vaccinations, on top of their routine practice.

https://krcgtv.com/news/local/pharmacies-face-job-shortage-stresses-of-medical-field

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Pharmacies face job shortage, stresses of medical field (Original Post) Sherman A1 Mar 2022 OP
Nort sure what it's like nowadays... TheRealNorth Mar 2022 #1
I'm witnessing this ... Auggie Mar 2022 #2
Retail pharmacists are treated like crap Freddie Mar 2022 #3

TheRealNorth

(9,629 posts)
1. Nort sure what it's like nowadays...
Mon Mar 14, 2022, 03:18 PM
Mar 2022

But back when I was in college, they limited pharmacy students like the AMA limits the number of new doctors.

Auggie

(31,798 posts)
2. I'm witnessing this ...
Mon Mar 14, 2022, 03:28 PM
Mar 2022

prescriptions that are late, unfilled, or lost, plus some staffers who don't give a damn and tell you something has been filled when it hasn't (too lazy to check). The pharmacists are apologetic. I realize they're doing the best with what corporate gives them.

Helpful hint that I've learned: If you have to order anything special don't wait till the last minute. Allow for at least 5, maybe 6, working days for your Rx to be ordered, shipped, and filled.

Freddie

(9,691 posts)
3. Retail pharmacists are treated like crap
Mon Mar 14, 2022, 03:46 PM
Mar 2022

Yes, they’re well paid, but depending on the chain, eternally short-staffed and subject to ridiculous rules. I know one who went through her whole pregnancy and was never once allowed to sit down while working, per corporate rules. After she had the baby she got a job in a hospital where she wasn’t subject to the eternal BS of retail.

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