Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists

Mandatory ‘eight-week buffer stock’ requirement not met by medicine suppliers, reveals audit

Zahir Rashid, senior medicines assurance pharmacist at NHS England's Commercial Medicines Unit, said there was a “clear correlation” between what was reported as “out of stock” and when buffer stocks were not held.…

Pharmacists face pressure to work ‘outside their scope of practice’ during doctors’ strike, says union

Exclusive: The Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists said it has heard that pharmacists are having to "work extended hours and take on additional roles outside their scope of practice" during the junior doctors' strike.…

Hospital pharmacists to vote on revised government pay offer ‘without recommendation’ from union

The revised pay offer for NHS staff includes a one-off payment amounting to 2% of an individual’s salary in 2022/2023, as well as an additional payment “worth at least £1,250 per person”.…

Pharmacy bodies write to government over ‘lack of engagement’ with sector in long-term workforce plan

Leadership bodies have written to health minister Will Quince to ask for reassurance that "the entire pharmacy workforce" will be included in the government's NHS workforce plan.…

NHS staff offered 7.5% average pay rise in Scotland

The Scottish government's third pay offer since June 2022 will be put to members of the union Unite in a "consultative ballot".…

Industrial action could lead hospital pharmacists to withdraw from weekend rotas, warns union leader

Exclusive: Even though the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists does not want industrial action, its president Nathan Burley said it may impact the provision of additional services.…

Nathan Burley: ‘We don’t want industrial action, we want fair pay’

As the newly elected president of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, Nathan Burley says he is well placed to lead its members into the fight for improved terms and conditions for working pharmacists.…

Pharmacists advised not to send medication direct to Ukraine

The Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists is advising members and healthcare workers to make financial donations instead.…

Pharmacists who fail their registration assessment will be offered alternative jobs or time off, employer says

Exclusive: Multiple offers support to provisionally registered pharmacists who will have to stop practising if they do not pass their assessment.…

Reopening Nightingale hospitals will put ‘incredible strain’ on pharmacy teams, hospital pharmacists warn

Reopening the Nightingale hospitals will put “incredible strain” on hospital pharmacy teams, the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists has warned.…