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Table 2 Attitudes of CPs to components of Pharmacy Act

From: Bridging the gap between healthcare professions’ regulation and practice: the “lived experience” of community pharmacists in Ireland following regulatory change

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%)

  1. NR: no result—Chi-squared test result unreliable
  2. #RPB retail pharmacy business, *PAS Pharmacy Assessment System
  3. *Not statistically significant (NS) at 5% significance level
  4. Note: rounded percentages may not add to 100%, exact values do