Carolyn Wickware

Executive Editor

Carolyn Wickware is Executive Editor at The Pharmaceutical Journal

Burnout among pharmacy professionals needs to be addressed at ‘systemic level’, RPS report finds

The report stated that individuals should seek to prioritise their wellbeing, but highlighted that many factors affecting staff wellbeing have been created by the healthcare system.…

Uncompassionate use: the inconsistent offering of life-saving unlicensed medicines

Compassionate use schemes offered by pharmaceutical companies are struggling to live up to their name, as data from a third of acute trusts reveal an inequitable provision of medicines through schemes across England.…

Negotiators agree uplift in funding worth £12.3m for pharmacies in Scotland

Community Pharmacy Scotland has accepted an offer from the government for 2023/2024 that also includes a guaranteed minimum of £100m and £80m in mapped money.…

Pharmacist training places to increase by 50% in eight years under NHS workforce plan

NHS England has committed to increasing pharmacist training places to around 5,000 by 2031/2032.…

Boots to close 300 pharmacies as part of cost-cutting plan

The plans were announced during a presentation to investors on Walgreen Boots Alliance's latest quarterly financial results.…

Third of community pharmacies could offer independent prescribing service by 2024, say Scottish negotiators

Harry McQuillan, chief executive of Community Pharmacy Scotland, said he expects one in three pharmacies to be offering the NHS Pharmacy First Plus service by the end of 2024.…

Community pharmacies in Scotland receive £20m cash injection

Additional funding is being given to ease pressures on community pharmacies that have been created by price increases in medicines.…

Rise in pharmacists reporting patient safety risks from medicines shortages, shows survey

Exclusive: Results of The Pharmaceutical Journal's 2023 salary and job satisfaction survey have revealed 57% of pharmacists say medicines shortages have put patients at risk in the past six months.…

Third of mental health hubs opened to support NHS staff during COVID-19 pandemic now closed

The Royal College of Nursing has reported that 13 out of 41 mental health and wellbeing hubs have closed, and a further 7 have less than a year's funding left.…

Number of ‘not dispensed’ prescriptions rises by a fifth in one year, NHS data reveal

Exclusive: An analysis by The Pharmaceutical Journal has revealed an 18% increase in the number of items marked as 'not dispensed' in the past year.…