Employment

NHS staff on long-term sick leave from COVID-19 will no longer receive extended full pay

Staff will not longer receive full pay if they are absent with COVID-19 regardless of the length of absence, as the Department of Health and Social Care moves back to normal arrangements under standard NHS employment terms.…

LloydsPharmacy reports 11 percentage point increase in gender pay gap for 2021/2022

The median hourly pay gap at LloydsPharmacy was found to be 14.7% in favour of men, with women's mean hourly pay 32.1% lower than men's.…

Supermarket chain guarantees job interviews for Ukrainian pharmacists

Asda said successful candidates will be offered specialist support in the new roles.…

Only 2.6% of pharmacists report permanent safe staffing levels, finds PDA survey

The percentage of pharmacists who reported that their workplace always has safe staffing levels has dropped more than 6% since 2020.…

Government proposes 3% pay rise for NHS staff in England

The proposal of a 3% pay rise is for staff in England on NHS Agenda for Change pay bands.…

More than a third of NHS trusts have no ethnic minority pharmacists at senior levels

Exclusive: Of 87 NHS trusts and health boards across Great Britain that provided latest data, 34.5% do not employ pharmacists from ethnic minority backgrounds at NHS 'Agenda for change' band 8b or above.…

Six-fold increase in registration applications from overseas pharmacists

Exclusive: Data from the General Pharmaceutical Council show that there were 353 applications for the Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme between 4 March 2021 and 17 October 2021.…

A balancing act: parental leave, your rights and returning to work

Six pharmacists share their experiences of taking parental leave and what to consider when returning to work.…

Boots nearly doubles value of pay package offered to pharmacists, says PDA

A previous offer from the company was rejected by Boots pharmacists.…

Pay gap for pharmacists from ethnic minorities is more than £3,500 per year, survey suggests

Exclusive: The Pharmaceutical Journal's annual salary and job satisfaction survey has found a statistically significant pay gap in favour of white pharmacists for the past four years.…