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.…
Are you a pharmacist with OCD? You’re not alone, and there is help out there Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can be an added stressor to an already challenging job in pharmacy. Corrinne Burns caught up with pharmacists living with symptoms of the condition to find how they manage them.…
Pharmacist Support appoints five new trustees Pharmacist Support, the independent charity for pharmacists, former pharmacists, and pharmacy students, has appointed five new trustees to its board.…
A pharmacist’s guide to becoming more assertive Pharmacists should take advantage of Pharmacist Support’s free wellbeing workshops, which cover time management, stress management and building resilience.…
More needed to support pharmacists with mental health problems, MPs told Employers and the General Pharmaceutical Council should do more to prevent mental ill health among pharmacists and to support those struggling with mental health episodes in the light of the death of talented young pharmacist Alison Stamps, MPs have said.…
Go Green for Pharmacist Support Charity Pharmacist Support has announced the return of its #GoGreen4PS fundraising campaign.…
