Despite the importance of medicines and vaccines during this pandemic, pharmacist voices have not cut through when it comes to the public discourse.
The GPhC Council has agreed on the overall direction of the review of the standards for initial education and training of pharmacists.
If we, as pharmacists, don’t fully understand our identity – which I think we don’t – then we should not be surprised when the general public doesn’t either.
The new RPS Foundation Pharmacist Framework is published today to support the future of pharmacy education and training across the UK. The new framework sets out the capabilities that will be needed by foundation pharmacists to meet the growing demand for pharmacists to provide increasingly complex clinical care across a range of settings. The framework has a greater focus on clinical capabilities including preparation for prescribing.
This is not how things should be. The profession of pharmacy has reached such a point that speaking up will destroy your career.
I work as a pharmacist in general practice and this incident was a career-defining moment and one I will […]
Currently, demand for the Pharmacist Support’s services exceeds its income. The leadership team at the charity have said that the need to raise funds is therefore of great importance.
Following the recognition agreement signed by the PDA Union and Boots, the Pharmacist Defence Association Union (PDAU) has now established a network of PDAU representatives to represent the circa 7,000 pharmacists and pre-registration trainees employed at the company.
Ewan Maule is Head of Medicines Optimisation at Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group and has also recently been elected as the Vice President of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists.
Boots UK and the Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union (PDAU) today signed their first voluntary recognition agreement. This means the PDAU will now have collective bargaining rights for negotiation on pay, hours and holiday, as well as consultative meetings on a range of topics, representing PDAU members who are store-based Boots pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists.
