Hunt pledges to eradicate gender pay gap in NHS doctors Health and social care secretary Jeremy Hunt has ordered a review into how much the NHS in England pays male and female doctors in an effort to eliminate the 15% gender pay gap. …
GPhC gender pay gap below national average According to the General Pharmaceutical Council’s gender pay gap report 2017, its male employees earn, on average, 14.2% more than their female colleagues, which is below the national average.…
Women in leadership: survive and thrive Claire Thompson, deputy chief scientist for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and Nadia Bukhari, senior UCL teaching fellow and RPS English pharmacy board member, are hosting an event for female pharmacy professionals on 27 June 2018.…
Using the themes from our Twitter chat to make a difference The Pharmaceutical Journal’s first Twitter chat on gender inequality, in itself, will not fix the issues raised during the debate. So, now what?…
First female appointee to NPA board in four years Independent community pharmacy contractor Reena Barai said she wants to be a ‘role model’ after becoming the first woman in four years to be appointed to the board of the National Pharmacy Association.…
The Pharmaceutical Journal hosts its first Twitter chat on gender inequality in pharmacy In a Twitter chat on gender inequality in pharmacy, barriers to women progressing in their pharmacy careers were discussed, including a lack of confidence, outdated attitudes towards childcare and inequality in recruitment at senior levels.…
Men working for pharmacy multiples earn up to a third more than women, reports show Men working for some of the biggest high street pharmacies earn up to 31% more than their female colleagues, gender pay gap reports have revealed.…
Join the panel leading the discussion on gender inequality in pharmacy The Pharmaceutical Journal Twitter chat on gender inequality in pharmacy is being held on Tuesday 10 April 2018 at 8 — 9pm (BST). Join the panel leading the discussion and use the tag #PJMindTheGap.…
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.…
Pharmacy academic tells UN forum of need for gender parity science prize Speaking at the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science Forum in New York, Oksana Pyzik said measures to redress gender bias in public health and medicine could include establishing an award for gender parity in the sciences.…