Long COVID: the NHS staff forced back to work too soon As tens of thousands of NHS staff suffer with the effects of long COVID, most employers are sympathetic, but there are reports of some being threatened with disciplinary action.…
Government commission on pharmacy staff wellbeing would support the profession, RPS tells MPs Ravi Sharma, director for England at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, also proposed a policy that would ensure protected learning time for pharmacists.…
Victoria Steele: ‘There are simply not enough pharmacists working in community pharmacy’ LloydsPharmacy’s superintendent pharmacist sets out her thoughts on how to make community pharmacy an attractive place to work in a post-pandemic NHS.…
Only one in ten pharmacy professionals feel confident on pharmacogenomics Exclusive: Almost nine out of ten pharmacy professionals said they expect to use pharmacogenomics to guide the treatment of patients in future, but very few feel confident about the change to their practice.…
Registration applications from overseas pharmacists increase fourfold in one year Exclusive: There has been a 297% increase in applications to join the General Pharmaceutical Council's Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme.…
LloydsPharmacy reports 11 percentage point increase in gender pay gap for 2021/2022 The median hourly pay gap at LloydsPharmacy was found to be 14.7% in favour of men, with women's mean hourly pay 32.1% lower than men's.…
Welsh health minister says pharmacy degree apprenticeships are ‘worth looking into’ Exclusive: Despite widespread support from members of parliament, the Welsh government has confirmed there are no plans to pursue pharmacist apprenticeships in Wales.…
Only 2.6% of pharmacists report permanent safe staffing levels, finds PDA survey The percentage of pharmacists who reported that their workplace always has safe staffing levels has dropped more than 6% since 2020.…
National pharmacy boards meeting: 2 February 2022 The boards discussed visions for 2030, plans for pharmacogenomics and supporting the workforce.…
Community pharmacy workforce shortages: the roles and regions most impacted Vacancy rates for community pharmacists in England have doubled over the past four years and are particularly high in the South West.…