Charities

Community pharmacy domestic abuse support scheme to end in November 2024

Despite the 'Ask for ANI' service ending in November 2024, the UK Says No More 'Safe spaces' scheme will continue to operate.…

Why I took a ‘workforce wellbeing’ course for pharmacy managers

A pharmacy employer shares her experience of taking a course to improve her employees’ wellbeing in light of rising levels of burn out across the profession.…

Royal Pharmaceutical Society Assembly Meeting: July 2024

The summer meeting of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Assembly focused on the UK Pharmacy Professional Leadership Advisory Board, international strategy and its partnership with Pharmacist Support.…

Number of calls to Pharmacist Support helpline rises by three quarters in a year

The charity reported funding 876 counselling sessions and awarding 23% more financial aid grants in 2023.…

Weight loss treatment programme for type 2 diabetes to be available across England

The programme shows “early promise” that it leads to remission of type 2 diabetes in up to half of participants after a year, according to NHS England.…

Pharmacy regulator to consider supporting surveys of registrants’ wellbeing

Pharmacy organisations agreed actions at a roundtable on wellbeing in the profession held in February 2024.…

‘Shockingly little’ change in asthma care a decade on from national review, says charity

Asthma + Lung UK has called on the government to introduce targets to end preventable asthma deaths, after finding little improvement in asthma care over the past ten years.…

Pharmacist Support launches workplace wellbeing course for pharmacy leaders

The training course comprises six modules designed to address pharmacy-specific challenges and will open to registrants from 15 January 2024.…

Pharmacists have a vital role in shining a brighter light on blood cancer

More than three quarters of patients with blood cancer consider their illness to be a “hidden cancer” because of a lack of public understanding — pharmacists can help to change that.…

Charity more than doubled the number of counselling sessions it provided to pharmacists in 2022

There was also a 44% increase in the number of grants Pharmacist Support gave to pharmacists experiencing financial hardship.…