C+D Christmas Quiz: Solved
Get the answers to C+D's Christmas quizzes
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Quiz the season to be jolly!
It’s the time of year to take life a little less seriously, so here are the answers to C+D’s Christmas Quizzes from p34 of the December 17 issue.
Did you guess the correct cover? (left to right): People power (January 16), Undercover (July 16), Taking a stand (August 27), Read between the lines (April 30)
Who said what? Did you match the quotes from 2016's news stories with the correct controversial pharmacy figure? (Click through the slides to find out).
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“Once upon a time, in a land far, far away from reality, was a place called the NHS.”
Xrayser began his pharmacy fairy tale with this classic opening line.
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“Even Tory backbenchers are lamenting the cack-handed cutbacks.”
Labour MP and pharmacy campaigner Michael Dugher secured a parliamentary debate to demand answers from ministers about the 12% funding cuts to the pharmacy budget in England.
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“We cannot accept being treated as doormats by the NHS.”
Sue Sharpe had strong words for David Mowat at the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee conference in November.
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“Some people have some very strong views about me.”
England's chief pharmaceutical officer admitted he was aware of the strength of feeling in the sector, in an exclusive interview with C+D in October.
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“I am always keen to be popular, but I am also keen to do the right thing.”
New pharmacy minister Mr Mowat tried to strike a delicate balance during a parliamentary debate on the pharmacy funding cuts in October.