Employment

NHS staff offered 7.5% average pay rise in Scotland

The Scottish government's third pay offer since June 2022 will be put to members of the union Unite in a "consultative ballot".…

Hospital pharmacists in England and Wales to be balloted on industrial action

Exclusive: Unite has confirmed that rolling ballots will close before Christmas, meaning workers could walk out in January 2023.…

Will pharmacists go on strike over pay?

An overview of the pay-related industrial action rippling through the NHS and whether or not pharmacy will be the next sector to react.…

UK pharmacist salaries increased by 2.6% in 2022

The increase in average annual pay of pharmacists is significantly below inflation, which hit 10.1% in October 2022.…

Hospital pharmacists encouraged to reject ‘insulting’ government pay offer

Nathan Burley, president of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, said members should reject the "vastly below inflation pay offer" of a £2,205 flat pay increase and "prepare for action".…

Stop recruiting GP pharmacists, community pharmacy negotiator tells minister

Speaking at The Pharmacy Show on 16 October 2022, Janet Morrison said the government should look at workforce planning across primary care.…

Boots gives 4.5% pay increase to pharmacists

The pay rise will be effective from 1 November 2022 after being agreed between the multiple and the Pharmacists' Defence Association Union.…

RPS launches latest workforce wellbeing survey

In 2021, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's wellbeing survey revealed that 89% of the pharmacy workforce were at high risk of burnout.…

Industrial action could lead hospital pharmacists to withdraw from weekend rotas, warns union leader

Exclusive: Even though the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists does not want industrial action, its president Nathan Burley said it may impact the provision of additional services.…

Nathan Burley: ‘We don’t want industrial action, we want fair pay’

As the newly elected president of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, Nathan Burley says he is well placed to lead its members into the fight for improved terms and conditions for working pharmacists.…