Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists

The government should listen to the healthcare workforce before it pushes ahead with seven-day services

The government needs to listen to healthcare professionals’ concerns about implementation of seven-day services.…

Pharmacy organisations call for money and manpower to support seven-day services

Pharmacy organisations are backing David Cameron’s vision for a full seven-days-a-week service for the NHS in England but only if the move is underpinned by money and manpower.…

Dispensing error protection will not apply to all hospital pharmacists under UK proposals

Hospital pharmacists could still face a criminal prosecution for making an inadvertent dispensing error, despite UK government proposals to change the law.…

Whistleblowing guardians should be appointed within NHS organisations, Francis says

NHS organisations should appoint whistleblowing guardians to support staff who have concerns about poor care and staff who whistleblow should have more protection from recrimination, a report by Sir Robert Francis says.…

England’s Department of Health to review hospital pharmacy services to identify cost savings

England’s Department of Health is to review hospital pharmacy services as part of a wider examination of how to cut waste in NHS procurement.…

NHS strikes: goodwill is a two-way process

Dave Thornton explains why the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists supports the industrial strike action over pay.…

WHO joins drive to make all clinical trial data publicly available

The World Health Organization has issued an official statement to encourage pharmaceutical companies to publicly disclose clinical trial results.…

Hospital pharmacists may join new NHS strike on 24 November

Members of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists are likely to be among NHS workers in England due to go on strike again on 24 November 2014.…

Union representing hospital pharmacists hopes strike will force government to rethink pay deal

The Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists hopes the UK government will reconsider the terms of the 2014 pay deal after NHS strike action.…

Drug manufacturers must provide accurate shelf life limits

Hospital pharmacists are calling on drug manufacturers to include more accurate shelf life limits on compounded parenteral products.…