Community pharmacist position | Response | p-value from Pearson’s Chi-squared test | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Don’t know | ||
Appropriate disciplinary procedures | ||||
Owner of RPB | 9 (13%) | 47 (66%) | 15 (21%) | Owners of RPBs more likely to disagree, p<0.001 |
Employee (permanent) | 26 (22%) | 44 (37%) | 48 (41%) | |
Employee (relief) | 17 (44%) | 16 (41%) | 6 (15%) | |
Total | 52 (23%) | 107 (47%) | 69 (30%) | |
Use of mediation appropriate | ||||
Owner of RPB# | 5 (7%) | 37 (52%) | 29 (41%) | Owners of RPBs more likely to disagree, p<0.001 |
Employee (permanent) | 18 (15%) | 27 (23%) | 73 (62%) | |
Employee (relief) | 8 (21%) | 16 (41%) | 15 (38%) | |
Total | 31 (14%) | 80 (35%) | 117 (51%) | |
Inspection fit for purpose | ||||
Owner of RPB | 18 (25%) | 36 (51%) | 16 (23%) | Owners of RPBs more likely to disagree, p<0.05 Employee pharmacists (permanent) more likely to agree, p<0.05 |
Employee (permanent) | 59 (50%) | 46 (39%) | 13 (11%) | |
Employee (relief) | 13 (33%) | 19 (49%) | 7 (18%) | |
Total | 90 (39%) | 101 (44%) | 36 (16%) | |
Appropriate to have unannounced inspections | ||||
Owner of RPB | 12 (17%) | 57 (80%) | 2 (3%) | Owners of RPBs disagreed more, statistical significance not demonstrated, NR |
Employee (permanent) | 49 (42%) | 63 (53%) | 6 (5%) | |
Employee (relief) | 11 (28%) | 26 (67%) | 2 (5%) | |
Total | 72 (32%) | 146 (64%) | 10 (4%) | |
Effectiveness of PAS* | ||||
Owner of RPB | 48 (41%) | 53 (45%) | 17 (14%) | Employees (relief) more likely to agree, p<0.05 |
Employee (permanent) | 28 (39%) | 35 (49%) | 8 (11%) | |
Employee (relief) | 17 (44%) | 15 (38%) | 6 (15%) | |
Total | 93 (41%) | 103 (45%) | 31 (14%) | |
Effectiveness of new MPharm placement structure | ||||
Owner of RPB | 25 (35%) | 26 (37%) | 20 (28%) | NS, p = 0.881* |
Employee (permanent) | 56 (47%) | 30 (25%) | 32 (27%) | |
Employee (relief) | 16 (41%) | 14 (36%) | 9 (23%) | |
Total | 97 (43%) | 70 (31%) | 61 (27%) | |
CPD—effectiveness of E-portfolio | ||||
Owner of RPB | 27 (38%) | 36 (51%) | 8 (11%) | Owners of RPBs more likely to have negative attitudes, p < 0.05 |
Employee (permanent) | 71 (60%) | 37 (31%) | 10 (8%) | |
Employee (relief) | 17 (44%) | 13 (33%) | 8 (21%) | |
Total | 115 (50%) | 86 (38%) | 26 (11%) | |
CPD—effectiveness of practice review | ||||
Owner of RPB | 19 (27%) | 29 (41%) | 23 (32%) | Employee pharmacists (relief) more likely to agree, p<0.05 |
Employee (permanent) | 44 (37%) | 51 (43%) | 23 (19%) | |
Employee (relief) | 19 (49%) | 9 (23%) | 10 (26%) | |
Total | 82 (36%) | 89 (39%) | 56 (25%) |