Grants and funding

RPS condemns ‘unjust’ exclusion of pharmacy students from government support fund

Pharmacy students are not currently eligible for the NHS learning support fund, which offers help for healthcare students on practice placements.…

Projects awarded £5m funding for AI and drone technology to tackle UK drug deaths

The funding will be used to develop prototype technologies to detect drug overdoses and deliver antidotes.…

Pharmacy workforce group aims to quadruple number of trainees in Somerset by 2026

Exclusive: According to NHS England data, Somerset has the highest vacancy rate for community pharmacist roles, with almost a third of vacancies unfilled.…

Pharmacists to benefit from annual £30m research funding package

The funding is being made available to a range of healthcare professionals to increase access to research opportunities.…

Negotiators agree uplift in funding worth £12.3m for pharmacies in Scotland

Community Pharmacy Scotland has accepted an offer from the government for 2023/2024 that also includes a guaranteed minimum of £100m and £80m in mapped money.…

Community pharmacies lose £1.6bn in eight years owing to inflation, government figures show

Health minister Will Quince has published figures showing a cumulative loss of £1.6bn for community pharmacies since 2015/2016.…

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.…

Call for ‘urgent talks’ over soaring energy costs for pharmacies

Exclusive: Industry leaders say the government needs to support and protect pharmacies through spiralling fuel costs and workforce shortages.…

Pharmacy students will have consistent funding for clinical placements for the first time

Any undergraduate placement taking place during the MPharm degree will be eligible for the £5,000 tariff funding.…

Majority of pharmacies can expect to receive first COVID-19 funding payments from October 2021

Simon Dukes, chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, has said that the “overwhelming majority” of community pharmacy contractors will be paid their claim for costs incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in full.…