Employment terms and conditions

Reaching statistical significance: lessons from our first salary survey

The 2017 Pharmaceutical Journal Salary Survey was the journal’s first attempt at performing a workforce salary and satisfaction survey. Here are the lessons we learnt along the way.…

More NHS staff suffering from work-related stress, staff survey shows

More than half of NHS staff continue to work additional hours without pay, and more employees last year admitted to feeling unwell because of work-related stress, according to the results of the latest NHS staff survey in England.…

From the shop floor to the glass ceiling

The significance of gender inequality in pharmacy and its potential impact on the careers of female pharmacists.…

Hundreds of pharmacists may have missed out on Quality Payments

Nearly 600 community pharmacists may have missed out on potentially thousands of pounds of income for failing to update or revalidate their details on their individual NHS Choices web page.…

NHS trade unions seek 3.9% pay rise

NHS trade unions, including one that covers NHS-employed pharmacists, have submitted a joint pay claim to the government on behalf of their members for a 3.9% pay rise and an extra £800 to make up for some of the loss in income caused by the seven-year long public sector pay cap.…

Lloyds apologises for pharmacist payment problems

Pharmacists working for LloydsPharmacy, who reported not being properly paid because of problems with a new payroll system, have received an apology from the company after intervention by the Pharmacists’ Defence Association.…

Appeal court rules in favour of Boots over PDA Union’s representation battle

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union (PDAU) has lost the latest round of its on-going battle with Boots to win the right to represent the company’s pharmacists on pay, hours and holidays.…

Christian and Muslim groups raise concerns over change to pharmacists’ ‘conscience’ clause

Religious groups representing healthcare professionals have raised concerns over a proposed change to professional standards that requires pharmacists to ensure their beliefs do not compromise patient-centred care.…

NHS plans to crack down on conflicts of interest

NHS doctors will have to declare income from any private practice in new proposals drawn up by NHS England and put out for public consultation on 20 September 2016.…

NHS England sets out recommendations for seven-day hospital pharmacy services

Unnecessary variation in hospital pharmacy services on weekends can be avoided through optimal use of medicines, technology and workforce, according to an NHS report published on 5 September 2016.…