Hospital pharmacists awarded 3.3% pay rise for 2026/2027 The Pharmacists’ Defence Association said the “extremely disappointing” pay award is below the latest annual inflation rates and represents a real-terms pay cut to NHS pharmacists’ salaries.…
UKPPLAB sets out proposals for wider royal college membership The proposals for pharmacy technicians and pharmacists from Northern Ireland to be eligible for future Royal College of Pharmacy membership would be subject to a special resolution vote.…
Preceptorship: the key to unlocking advanced pharmacist practice By implementing preceptorship programmes across pharmacy teams, leaders have an opportunity to guide workforce development by evidence and strategy, rather than chance or goodwill.…
The unexpected importance of workplace resilience in pharmacy practice In an introduction to a series of learning articles on improving resilience within pharmacy, Zubin Austin explains how his team discovered the outsized impact that managerial decisions can have on staff wellbeing.…
Speaking up: how to raise concerns in the pharmacy workplace In this episode of The PJ Pod, we talk about the importance of speaking up if you have a safety or wellbeing concern and how to go about it.…
Crossing borders and breaking barriers: why we need to truly value global contributions to pharmacy and healthcare Principal pharmacist Rafia Jamil shares her journey as an “overseas pharmacist” and how her experience of equality, diversity and inclusion within pharmacy has been complex but hopeful.…
NHS urges sector to take advantage of AI scribes NHS England says ambient voice technologies could save clinicians two to three minutes for each patient by generating a transcript and clinical summary of consultations.…
Beyond the legal floor: raising the ceiling on neurodivergence in pharmacy Neurodivergence among pharmacy staff should be embraced and regarded as a strength that, when used well, is a genuine asset to pharmacy.…
Revised staffing standards for neonatal services published Network-level pharmacists should be employed at 0.2 whole-time equivalents per 10,000 births in the region, the updated Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group standards recommend.…
Working conditions for community pharmacists must improve for neighbourhood health service to succeed, MPs say In a letter to the government, the Health and Social Care Committee said the NHS ten-year workforce plan must offer proposals to make the community sector “a more attractive place for staff to work and build a career”.…
