Employment

Ethnicity pay gap among pharmacists narrows in 2020 compared to previous year

The difference in pay between white and non-white pharmacists has narrowed by 4.8 percentage points compared with 2019.…

Amandeep Doll: ‘We have to become more comfortable with the uncomfortable’

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s inclusion and diversity co-ordinator, Amandeep Doll, reveals what the RPS aims to do with its inclusion and diversity strategy over the next five years.…

More than half of pharmacists worked extra unpaid hours during COVID-19 pandemic, survey by The Pharmaceutical Journal finds

More than half of pharmacists have said that they worked extra hours during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, yet nearly two thirds said that they were not paid for this additional time.…

Tell us how the coronavirus pandemic has affected your working conditions

This year’s Salary and Job Satisfaction Survey contains all the usual questions, but it also delves into how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the working lives of pharmacists.…

How I boosted my pharmacy CV with extracurricular activities

It takes more than academic achievement to succeed as a pharmacist, says fourth-year pharmacy student Alex McTaggart.…

Dedicated research time could improve recruitment and retention of NHS staff, say academics

Guaranteeing healthcare professionals — including pharmacists — protected time to devote to research has the potential to be “transformational,” according to a report by the Academy of Medical Sciences.…

Pay and leave entitlements for working parents

The legal rights new parents need to know to help in balancing their pharmacy career with caring for babies and children.…

More than £50,000 in unpaid locum fees recovered in 2019, says PDA

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association has helped locum pharmacists recover more than £50,000 in unpaid fees so far in 2019.…

Pharmacists face same workforce crisis as general practice, warns CCA chief

Community pharmacy is “facing the same recruitment and retention crisis” as general practice, the head of the Company Chemists’ Association has said.…

‘Urgent action’ needed on pharmacist shortages

NHS workforce planners warn that they are running out of pharmacists as demand for the profession rises.…