It is time to act on the inequalities in treatment for substance misuse among LGBTQ+ people Pharmacy staff are well placed to improve the healthcare experience for people in the LGBTQ+ community, a group that is often more susceptible to substance misuse.…
Tase Oputu and Lola Dabiri: ‘We are the first, but we don’t want to be the last’ We talk to the only black pharmacists currently on the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Boards about how, and why, pharmacy must change.…
Why I have changed my approach to see the patient, not the disease Komal Vadday, senior specialist pharmacist in hepatology, highlights the importance of treating each patient as an individual and not defining them by their diagnosis.…
More than a third of NHS trusts have no ethnic minority pharmacists at senior levels Exclusive: Of 87 NHS trusts and health boards across Great Britain that provided latest data, 34.5% do not employ pharmacists from ethnic minority backgrounds at NHS 'Agenda for change' band 8b or above.…
PJ view: Greater openness needed to melt the snowy white peaks of pharmacy The results of our investigation into the ethnic diversity across NHS pharmacy management have barely scratched the surface.…
A glimpse of pharmacy’s snowy white peaks Nearly a decade after Roger Kline’s damning verdict on diversity across London NHS trusts, recent data obtained and analysed by The Pharmaceutical Journal highlight a lack of diversity across management pharmacist posts in Great Britain.…
Law to be changed permanently to allow pharmacies to provide vaccinations off-premises The legislation change will also make permanent a temporary measure that allowed additional healthcare professionals to vaccinate patients.…
A balancing act: parental leave, your rights and returning to work Six pharmacists share their experiences of taking parental leave and what to consider when returning to work.…
RPS calls for review of fitness standards for pharmacy students with disabilities The Higher Education Occupational Practitioners' 'Standards of medical fitness to train' were most recently updated in 2013.…
Trailblazing female pharmacy professionals hailed in ‘Women to Watch’ list The list of 12 women comes after a nationwide search to find those achieving great things and deserving of greater recognition.…