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Region leads the way in training for pioneering pharmacists

02-20-2007 · University of Bath

People in the south west could be among the first to have their pharmacist prescribe and monitor their treatment instead of a doctor - as a group of pioneering pharmacists from the region qualify from a new course in the Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology today.

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