Professions

What you are saying about pharmacy degree apprenticeships

Your responses to our call for opinions on the plans to offer an alternative route into pharmacy.…

Why storytelling is essential to my work as a mental health pharmacist

Stories bring us closer together, help us build trust and deliver wisdom, hope and healing — never underestimate their power, says mental health pharmacist Nana Tomova.…

PCNs forced to recruit pharmacists with less experience owing to shortages, says NHS England director

Some primary care networks have been forced to hire pharmacists with less experience than they wanted because there are not enough working at a senior level, NHS England has confirmed.…

Pharmacists are anything but ‘pretend doctors’

Pharmacists do much more than just dispense medicines, says hospital pharmacist Fatema Mamdani.…

Why pharmacists should never settle for a general practice that doesn’t support them

Rupa Lyall’s first experience of general practice was a sour one, but she didn’t give up and found a practice where she belongs.…

GPhC proposes 40% increase in annual pharmacy registration costs

The General Pharmaceutical Council is consulting on whether to increase annual registration fees for pharmacy premises by £103 from October 2020.…

Half of NHS trusts outsource outpatient pharmacy services to avoid VAT

Half of NHS trusts now outsource their outpatient pharmacies in an effort to save on tax, according to NHS figures, despite union leaders saying this practice is detrimental to staff pay.…

Training for accuracy checking now open to all pharmacy technicians

All pharmacy technicians are now able to access a fully funded training programme to become final accuracy checkers.…

New government pledges to ‘unleash potential’ of community pharmacy

The newly elected Conservative Party government plans to “unleash the potential” of community pharmacies to become a first port of call for the treatment of minor illness.…