Locums
5The Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) has warned that it is becoming “impossible” for Scottish locum pharmacists to make ends meet by locuming alone.
0The multiple has “immediately corrected” an advertised locum rate of just £11 an hour, after pharmacists on social media warned that low rates would see pharmacists “coming to a foodbank near you soon”.
0Pharmacist locum rates in some parts of the UK have plummeted by a third since 2022, new data from Locate a Locum has revealed.
0Pharmacists have deemed upcoming Christmas locum rates advertised by pharmacy multiples as “terrible”.
0The locum booking platform has announced a new scheme offering five final-year MPharm students £1,000 “to support their education” and the opportunity to become “brand ambassadors”.
0Lourette Latif Philips will serve as the new National Association of Women Pharmacists (NAWP) president until 2026, the PDA has revealed.
0CCA chief executive Malcolm Harrison says his report into the Pharmacy First rollout shows a ‘postcode lottery’ emerging across the country, and that there is capacity for hundreds of thousands more consultations if the government accelerates...
0Selling your pharmacy is a momentous life decision that requires careful planning and execution in 2024 to ensure you secure the best possible outcome.
0Noman Ahmed’s impressive memory helped uncover a three-year tramadol tablet prescription fraud, C+D has learned.
0The “difficult decision” to close an Asda pharmacy branch comes after “long-term underfunding” and difficulty securing pharmacists, the supermarket has said.
0A recent argument questioned whether contractors can require locums to be trained to provide Pharmacy First services. David Reissner gives a legal perspective…
0When adjusted for inflation, last year’s sudden drop in locum rates is just another hit to rates that have “significantly” fallen since 2008, the pharmacy union has said.
0Use C+D's interactive chart to compare locum pharmacists' average hourly rate across Great Britain over the last four years
0Employers? Government? Industry associations? Where does the culpability lie for the first drop in locum rates in seven years?
0The locum pay rate bubble has finally burst after six years of continual increases, data from the 2023 annual C+D Salary Survey has revealed.
0The pharmacy regulator has warned that pharmacies should consider not running the new common conditions service if they have inadequate “staffing levels and skill mix”.
0A group of locum pharmacists working for Rowlands have said they feel “intimidated to deliver Pharmacy First services” at the multiple, it has been revealed.
0Locums have been threatened with removal from Asda’s locum directory if they refuse to provide Pharmacy First services, an internal email has revealed.
0The pharmacy union has encouraged pharmacists to use its template to report pharmacies that breach their NHS contract by temporarily closing.
0Company Chemist Association (CCA) members are quarrelling with the UK tax authority over an estimated £550 million retrospective clawback for some pharmacies that employ locums, the organisation has revealed.