Pharmacist Support

RPS launches latest workforce wellbeing survey

In 2021, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's wellbeing survey revealed that 89% of the pharmacy workforce were at high risk of burnout.…

Pharmacy charity given money from COVID-19 appeal to provide counselling to pharmacy staff

Pharmacist Support will use funds from the COVID-19 Healthcare Support Appeal to offer affected healthcare staff six counselling sessions, free of charge.…

Almost half of pharmacists worry about mistakes or poor service, reveals wellbeing survey

Almost half of pharmacists who responded to a survey on workforce wellbeing said they worry about making mistakes or providing a poor-quality service to their patients.…

Give all pharmacists access to NHS-funded mental health support, RPS says

All pharmacists should be able to access NHS-funded mental health support, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has said.…

Majority of pharmacists need support managing stress at work, survey finds

More than 60% of pharmacists need support with stress at work, a survey carried out by the charity Pharmacist Support has revealed.…

Pharmacist Support expands counselling service with funding from Boots

Pharmacist Support — a charity working for pharmacists and their families, former pharmacists and pharmacy students to provide help and support — has announced that it will be able to offer personal coaching to more pharmacists after expanding its partnership with Boots.…

Diane Leicester-Hallam to join PDA as director of member services

Diane Leicester-Hallam, current chief executive of the charity Pharmacist Support, will be taking up a new post as director of member services at the Pharmacists’ Defence Association.…

How to ask for a pay rise

In these difficult times of limited resources, funding cuts, lower profits and reductions in staff, it may have been some time since you have had a pay increase or even considered requesting one — but that does not mean you do not deserve one.…

Pharmacists embark on London-to-Paris charity ride on three-seater tandem

Three pharmacists – Graham Stretch, Helen Kilminster and Robin Conibere – have set off from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s (RPS) London offices bound for Paris on the three-seater tandem.…

Q&A: Ivana Knyght, interim head of professional support at the RPS

Ivana Knyght leads the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s professional development and support service. Here, she talks to Corrinne Burns about the type of support the team offers members throughout their careers.…