Salary Survey

Results from the C+D Salary Survey give an annual snapshot of what it's currently like to work in UK community pharmacy, covering topics including pay, conditions, workplace stress and burnout.

Coverage from the Salary Survey has revealed everything from the average locum rate and how this varies around the country, to what it's really like to work at the biggest pharmacy chains in the UK. Does your experience of working in community pharmacy tally with that of your peers? Take a look at the stories below to find out more.

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Salary Survey – Are you satisfied with your salary?

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C+D’s annual Salary Survey covers many angles, but of course your salary is one of them. Are you getting the satisfaction you need?

Salary Survey: How do you feel about the future?

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It was heartening to see the replies to this holistic question posed by C+D’s Salary Survey were not completely dominated by the fear of what’s to come - but teetering on the positive...

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Salary Survey: What does community pharmacy think about Hub and Spoke?

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If you wanted to describe the potential effect of Hub & Spoke as transformational, you’d be right. What the ultimate effect of that transformation might be remains up for debate.

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Salary Survey: Do you have faith in the government?

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After 14 years of Conservative rule, Labour stormed to an election victory in July. Does community pharmacy think the new regime understands pharmacy better than the last one?


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Salary Survey: Do you get value from your trade associations?

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Community pharmacy has multiple trade associations representing differing priorities. Does the industry believe they are offering value?

Last chance to add your voice to this year’s C+D Salary Survey

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This is the final call to have your say in this year's iteration of the C+D Salary Survey...

I’m a pharmacist powered by AI. How could I possibly make a mistake?

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AI might advance mankind, it might annihilate it. But before then, what might it do for pharmacy? Our survey wants to know...

C+D’s Salary Survey for 2024 is now open! Money, safety, AI, trade associations...

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It's the sharpest survey of community pharmacy there is. We want you to share your thoughts, wisdom, insight, feelings, knowledge and experience... and your salary. Anonymously, of course. Ready?


'Undervalued and underappreciated' is also undeserved and unfair

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Not to put you off your upcoming Easter Eggs, but here are some thoughts after reading through my first C+D Salary Survey.

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What is life really like working at the sector’s biggest employers?

 
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See how pharmacy workers at the largest multiples fared in terms of pay rises, bonuses, work-life balance, stress levels and workload during 2023, according to data from the C+D Salary Survey

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Cuts, overdrafts and closures: Business becoming ‘impossible’ for contractors

 
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Pharmacy contractors have been left struggling to “make ends meet” with the majority reporting a drop in profitability and their own take-home pay last year, C+D’s annual Salary Survey has revealed.

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Gender pay gap between female and male non-manager pharmacists hits £4K

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Male non-manager pharmacists earned over £4,000 more than their female colleagues on average in 2023, data from the C+D Salary Survey has revealed.