GPhC announces 6% rise in registration fees From September 2026, pharmacist renewal fees will increase by £17 a year to £310, pharmacy technician fees by £8 to £146, and pharmacy premises fees by £25 to £441.…
New training standards for overseas pharmacists to include prescribing Proposed changes to training standards for internationally qualified pharmacists could replace the current registration routes with a single year of integrated academic learning and learning in practice.…
Improving resilience in pharmacy practice: optimising shift patterns Part of a short series exploring how to improve resilience in pharmacy practice, this article focuses on optimising shift patterns and the number of hours pharmacists work.…
Four out of five foundation trainees have confirmed DPP details Pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock told MPs that 2,013 foundation trainees had submitted details of an assigned DPP to NHS England by February 2026.…
Pharmacy Inside Jobs: astropharmacy Li Shean Toh talks about her unconventional role as an astropharmacy researcher and the career steps she took along the way.…
Preceptorship: the key to unlocking advanced pharmacist practice By implementing preceptorship programmes across pharmacy teams, leaders have an opportunity to guide workforce development by evidence and strategy, rather than chance or goodwill.…
Students from 24 out of 28 pharmacy schools applied for a bursary in 2025 Since the launch of its student bursary scheme in 2014, Pharmacist Support has awarded 103 bursaries totalling more than £300,000.…
Improving resilience in pharmacy practice: reducing the burden of multitasking The first article in a short series that will explore how to improve resilience in pharmacy practice, focusing on how community pharmacy teams can increase wellbeing through better management of multitasking.…
RPS calls for pharmacy students to be included in NHS bursary scheme In response to a Welsh government consultation, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society said pharmacy students should be eligible for the NHS Wales bursary scheme since “the nature of pharmacy education has evolved significantly”.…
Almost 500 advanced pharmacist practitioners now in general practice Data published by NHS Digital show that the number of advanced pharmacist practitioners employed in general practice has risen consistently each year since November 2021.…
