How do I boost low staff morale?Subscription
Three pharmacy managers provide their thoughts and advice to a colleague who is concerned about staff satisfaction and engagement.
Five ways pharmacy can close the ethnicity pay gapSubscription
After figures suggest a 16% difference in pay between white and minority ethnic pharmacists, what can be done to reduce this inequality?
Qualified Persons: seven things pharmacists need to know
Carol Candlish and Kina Vyas explain the role of a Qualified Person and how pharmacists in the UK can become one.
Career progression within the NHS
With roles opening up for pharmacists in urgent care settings, hospitals and primary care, new opportunities are being created for pharmacists looking to move up in the NHS.
Celebrating a year of career highlightsSubscription
The Pharmaceutical Journal invited this year’s Careers section contributors to share their 2018 career highlights and their best piece of career advice for other pharmacy professionals.
Nine essential resources for preregistration trainees
Resources preregistration trainee pharmacists should be aware of and know how to use.
Tackling the gender pay gap: how female pharmacists can take actionSubscription
The Pharmaceutical Journal has revealed a statistically significant gender pay gap of 6.4% in favour of male pharmacists — Emma Wilkinson and Angela Kam investigate.
Tips to help newly registered pharmacists prepare for revalidation
Once registered, pharmacists need to revalidate each year and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society is here to help, says Janet Till.
The working lives of pharmacy techniciansSubscription
Emma Wilkinson investigates the effect of expanding pharmacy technician roles on job satisfaction.
The right ‘fit’: racial bias in pharmacy recruitmentSubscription
Pharmacists provide their thoughts and advice to a colleague concerned about racial discrimination in the workplace.
Could you offer a veterinary pharmacy service?
The UK is well known as a nation of animal lovers. From agricultural livestock to household pets, this has created a growing niche sector for pharmacy — but how do you get involved?
Words from the wise: tips for new pharmacistsSubscription
The Pharmaceutical Journal asked experienced pharmacists on Twitter to give their advice to recently qualified pharmacists starting their new jobs in August 2018 using the hashtag #tipsfornewpharmacists. Here are some of the best responses.
GP pharmacist contracts: to sign or not to sign?Subscription
Pharmacists give advice to a colleague who has discovered something disturbing in the small print of their contract.
Medicines optimisation in care homes: the role of the pharmacy professionalSubscription
Care homes have been described as ‘healthcare black holes’, so why should pharmacy professionals work in one? Steve Hemsley discusses the opportunities and challenges.
What to consider before selecting a preregistration placement
National recruitment to preregistration placements in England and Wales has been conducted through a computerised recruitment tool called ‘Oriel’ for the second consecutive year.
How to ask for a pay rise
In these difficult times of limited resources, funding cuts, lower profits and reductions in staff, it may have been some time since you have had a pay increase or even considered requesting one — but that does not mean you do not deserve one.
How to ace pharmacy calculations
Newly qualified pharmacists Abida Begum and Urvasi Patel share their eight tips for tackling the calculations paper in the GPhC registration assessment.
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Stevens–Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis
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Managing dental emergencies in community pharmacy: hard tissue conditions
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How to demonstrate empathy and compassion in a pharmacy setting
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Advising patients about malaria risks and prevention
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Diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
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Motor neurone disease: management of common symptoms
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Substandard and falsified medicines: global and local efforts to address a growing problem
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Antidepressants in the treatment of major depression: a changing landscape for clinical decision making
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What could UK pharmacy teams learn about suicide prevention from North America?
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Responding to disruptions in the pharmaceutical supply chain
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Impact of including clinical indications on inpatient prescriptions
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Role of dual and triple fixed-dose combination inhalers in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Roger Knaggs: 'We need to find a balance between appropriate use and minimising harm'
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Brexit is not the only reason for medicines shortages
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Should pharmacy sell e-cigarettes and encourage people to vape?
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Give pharmacy the resources needed to tackle stubbornly high drug abuse rates
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Sir Kevin Barron: 'Just churning prescriptions over as a means of income is a great loss'
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Community pharmacy: experiencing severe turbulence
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Ravi Sharma: 'We want to see the pharmacy profession flourish'
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Karen Baxter confirmed as managing director of Pharmaceutical Press
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Elen Jones appointed as new RPS director for Wales
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RPS Annual General Meeting 2019
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Dipesh Raghwani: 'We are proactive in support of LGBT patients'
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Elections 2019: What will you do to ensure the voice of members is represented on the board?
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