A public service obligation has been proposed for pharmacists, wholesalers and manufacturers to sign up to, ensuring patients needs are put first to help to combat the time wasting required to ensure continuity of supply and mitigate the risk to patient safety caused by medicine shortages. The pharmacy contract calls for a safe , quality and timely dispensing service, and pharmacist must use their professional judgement to ensure they delivery their contract and offer their patients the best robust medicine supply and customer service they can.