Regulator set to develop guidance for pharmacist prescribersThe General Pharmaceutical Council is considering producing its own guidance for pharmacist prescribers as it expects the role to develop.…
Annual renewal fee for pharmacists set to rise by 4.2%The annual renewal fee for pharmacists to register to practise in the UK could rise by 4.2% from £240 to £250 from October 2015.…
Helping newly registered pharmacists to work in general practice Newly registered pharmacists have been given the opportunity to work with GPs in southern England as part of a programme run by a consortium of GP surgeries. Ravi Sharma, senior primary care pharmacist and quality assurance lead, explains how the programme was set up and what it has achieved.…
Establishing an electronic prescribing system at a new hospital in Qatar Hospital pharmacist Anish Patel moved to Qatar in 2014 to help set-up a new women and children’s hospital in Doha. Here, he describes his role in establishing an electronic prescribing system.…
Careers: most popular articles from 2014Online readers of the Pharmaceutical Journal, Clinical Pharmacist and Tomorrow’s Pharmacist were drawn to practical advice about starting or advancing their career, according to statistics on careers articles published in 2014.…
How to write a successful pharmacy CV Pharmacy recruitment specialist from Your World Healthcare Sean Brown shares the secrets to compiling a CV that will give you the best chance of getting an interview and securing a job.…
Five tips to improve wellbeing from the Wardley workshopCharity Pharmacist Support has recently launched a series of wellbeing workshops for pharmacists, preregistration trainees and pharmacy students. Emma Page shares some tips from the workshop she attended this week.…
Robert Blyth, former PJ editor, diesRobert Blyth, FRPharmS, who edited The Pharmaceutical Journal from 1961 to 1986, has died. A pharmaceutical journalist for the greater part of his career, he died on 27 November 2014, aged 93.…
Fifth pharmacist falls foul of regulator after BBC stingA superintendent pharmacist has been suspended from practice for 12 months after his sales assistant was filmed selling amoxicillin and Viagra to an undercover reporter.…
Chief pharmacists warned of need for succession planning for procurement roles Succession planning is urgently needed to prepare for the swathe of experienced pharmacists buying medicines for hospitals who will shortly retire, an independent review has warned.…