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Locum pharmacists are the focus of a new campaign launched by the Pharmacists' Defence Association.

The campaign aims to assist locum pharmacists who may have found themselves 'the victims of poor treatment'.

The campaign will feature a number of initiatives designed to improve the behaviours of employers and to guard patient safety, in response to the results of a survey the PDA will launch over the next few weeks.

€Locums are increasingly receiving poor treatment at the hand of some employers and it is time something was done,€ claims a statement from the association.

€Some employers are driving down their costs and exhibiting unprofessional behaviours for purely profit driven reasons to such an extent that in many instances this has also led to a cut in overall quality and quantity of staff, a drop in standards and an inevitable drop in patient safety.€

The PDA says that some locums are required to work through their lunch hour or beyond the normal closing time for no pay and with no breaks.