Ethnic minority pharmacists less likely to be promoted, survey suggests Between 50–60% of respondents from different minority ethnic backgrounds had been promoted at least once, compared with 80% of white respondents in The Pharmaceutical Journal's annual salary and job satisfaction survey.…
National pharmacy boards meeting: 28 June 2022 The English, Scottish and Welsh pharmacy boards met to discuss each nation's vision for pharmacy, supervision and strengthening governance.…
UK government rules out purchase of Evusheld over lack of data A spokesperson from the UK government has said it will "continue to explore the market for promising treatments that could prevent infection".…
Pharmacies face restrictions on ordering chicken pox vaccine amid supply shortages Wholesalers have implemented ordering quotas for Varivax and Varilrix vaccines owing to limited supplies.…
Call for Society Fellowship nominationsThe Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Panel of Fellows will be holding their next meeting in November 2022. Nominations for Society Fellowship must be received by the Secretary of the Panel of Fellows by 19 October 2022 to be considered at this meeting. Nominations need to be made by a current membe…
Everything you need to know about ‘hub-and-spoke’ dispensing A look at the government's controversial proposals that it claims will make community pharmacy in the UK more efficient.…
David Ganderton (1935–2022)On 8 August 2022, David Ganderton, aged 86 years, of Tisbury, Wiltshire. Dr Ganderton was a Fellow of the Society and awarded a Charter Gold Medal.…
UK is first country to approve bivalent COVID-19 vaccine The Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron by Moderna targets both the original strain of SARS-CoV-2 and Omicron variant.…
Royal Pharmaceutical Society calls for ‘Pharmacy First’ scheme for England in draft vision for pharmacy practice The vision document, developed jointly with the King's Fund, is open for consultation until 30 September 2022.…
Pharmacies should face ‘special measures’ to discourage temporary closures, says PDA The Pharmacists' Defence Association has called on Humza Yousaf, Scottish cabinet secretary for health and social care, to take "necessary action" to protect patients by stopping businesses making decisions to close community pharmacies temporarily.…
