Writing an effective CV for pharmacy roles: a guide for graduates How to put together a CV for pharmacy students and new graduates entering the workforce.…
NHS England launches community pharmacy technician apprenticeship programme The programme aims to support the community pharmacy workforce by addressing recruitment issues.…
Number of independent prescribers rose by 37% in 2023, reveals NHS workforce survey Responses to the annual survey recorded 1,494 full-time equivalent independent prescriber roles, up 37% on the 1,087 recorded the year before.…
Health secretary criticises ‘threat’ of collective action from National Pharmacy Association Speaking at the Labour Party Annual Conference in Liverpool, Wes Streeting said action would “harm patients and make the relationship with patients worse”.…
How will we generate the new generation of prescribing pharmacists? The Pharmaceutical Journal’s health policy columnist looks at how, in practice, new cohorts of prescribing pharmacists can be taught and supervised.…
National Pharmacy Association to ballot members on work-to-rule action The ballot will be open for six weeks, with the potential for action to be taken before Christmas.…
COVID-19 Inquiry must consider pharmacy resilience in case of future pandemics, says RPS A statement from the RPS emphasised how much the complexity and fragility of medicine supply chains were exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to widespread shortages.…
Number of overseas pharmacists applying to work in UK falls by two-thirds in one year Exclusive: The fall follows a big increase in overseas-qualified pharmacists applying to the Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme in the previous year.…
Is the General Pharmaceutical Council making progress to improve its fitness-to-practise processes? A closer look at measures being put in place to alleviate the rapid growth of fitness-to-practise concerns, an issue the pharmacy regulator has dubbed an “unprecedented challenge”.…
Pharmacy bodies call for action to ensure access to designated prescribing practitioners A joint report by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and National Pharmacy Association encourages pharmacies to work together to assess their readiness to provide a prescribing learning environment.…