Equality and discrimination

Ethnicity awarding gap for UK pharmacy graduates narrowed during COVID-19 pandemic

Exclusive: Data analysis suggests a 4-percentage-point drop in the difference between the proportions of white and ethnic minority MPharm graduates awarded an upper-class degree.…

Infographic: the ethnicity awarding gap for the pharmacy degree during COVID-19

Changes to pharmacy degree assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic may have helped to narrow the awarding gap between white graduates and their ethnic minority counterparts, but work is ongoing to understand why.…

Addressing microaggressions to deliver cultural competence in pharmacy

Microaggressions are a subtle but damaging form of discrimination. Learn how to avoid unintentionally offending people based on their identity and what to do if you make a mistake.…

How to improve cultural competence in pharmacy practice

Cultural competence is about treating people with dignity and respect, regardless of their race, religion, physical or learning ability, gender, gender reassignment, sexuality, health status or how they choose to live.…

Pharmacies should collect workforce disability data, concludes Scottish pharmacy roundtable

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from across Scotland met to discuss how to better enable people with disabilities to work in pharmacy.…

Pioneering pharmacy professionals celebrated in 2022 ‘Women to Watch’ list

For this year's list, 12 women were selected for breaking boundaries and improving patient care.…

Katie Maddock: ‘Implementing clinical placements will be a seismic shock for the profession’

Stepping into the role of chair of the Pharmacy Schools Council during a shake-up of pharmacy education, Katie Maddock talks about the future for pharmacy students and foundation trainees.…

How our bursary award is helping to tackle the ethnicity awarding gap

The success story of a bursary award set up to explore the reasons behind the attainment gap in registration assessment outcomes.…

Ethnic minority pharmacists less likely to be promoted, survey suggests

Between 50–60% of respondents from different minority ethnic backgrounds had been promoted at least once, compared with 80% of white respondents in The Pharmaceutical Journal's annual salary and job satisfaction survey.…

**DEADLINE EXTENDED** Nominate a female pharmacy professional for our Women to Watch 2022 list

Help us find and celebrate brilliant, unrecognised women who are accomplishing great things in pharmacy.…