Minimum wage increase ‘may prove unmanageable for some pharmacy owners’, leaders warn Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in the autumn budget that the minimum wage for people aged over 21 years will increase to £12.71 per hour from April 2026, while the hourly rate for people aged 18–20 years will rise to £10.85.…
Community pharmacies in Wales to receive 4% funding uplift Jeremy Miles, Welsh cabinet secretary for health and social care, said the 4% funding increase for community pharmacy equates to an additional £7m in 2025/2026, which is almost a 30% increase in funding compared with 2016/2017.…
NHS pay rise above 2.5% would mean ‘trade-offs’ in its health commitments, government says In evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body, the Department of Health and Social Care said that a pay rise above 2.5% “would inevitably have an impact on healthcare delivery”.…
Boots pharmacists agree to a 4% pay rise A minimum salary of £46,240 per year full-time equivalent will be given to independent prescribing pharmacists from 1 November 2025.…
Hospital pharmacists awarded 3.6% pay rise The Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists said the pay award does not go far enough in reversing the below-inflation awards seen in previous years.…
Scottish government offers hospital pharmacists 8% pay increase over two years The proposed pay offer to NHS Agenda for Change staff amounts to an £701m investment and is promised to remain above the consumer price index inflation rate in 2025/2026 and 2026/2027.…
A 2.8% pay uplift recommendation reflects a tough economy for everyone In this month’s health policy column, Andy Cowper warns that high gilts and low growth may mean pay parsimony for pharmacists, but questions whether more NHS strikes would have public backing.…
Government plans for 2.8% pay uplift for hospital pharmacy staff Unite the Union described the pay increase an “insult”, saying the NHS will not remedy its recruitment and retention crisis without tackling the issue of restorative pay.…
Pharmacist salaries increase by 12% in one year, show ONS data ONS data show that in 2024, the median full-time salary for male pharmacists was £53,498, compared with £47,503 for female pharmacists.…
Hospital pharmacists vote to accept 5.5% pay offer from UK government Unite the Union said that two-thirds of Unite members voted in favour of the pay increase for NHS workers in England.…
