Archive for August, 2009

Do pharmacists tweet?

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

I’m not sure if i should admit this in public…. but i like to tweet! I’ve been using Twitter for about six months now and find it a great way to stay in touch with people and also a fantastic way to get the latest news on big events. Great examples of this were the recent uprisings in Iran and the Hudson River plane landing. In both events Twitter was way ahead of traditional media and in fact, became the story.

My question to pharmacists in do you tweet? If you do great, if not, why not? You don’t have to write long prose as you do in emails and there’s no need to populate twitter with lots of daft pictures, as you do in Facebook. It’s therefore ideal for busy professionals to stay in touch. We are even thinking of tweeting out job opportunities, in particular emergency locum jobs.

So if you want to tweet, tweet me at http://www.twitter.com/shaun_at_PLUK

2008 prescription figures released

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

An extra 46 million prescription were dispensed during 2008 when compared to 2007 figures. For more detail on the figures and to read the comments of the PDA ’s John Murphy, click on the link below.

http://twurl.nl/ii65ao

Do you want to know how your hourly rate compares to other locum pharmacists?

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Do you want to know how your hourly rate compares to other locum pharmacists?
In April 2009 we carried out a survey of locum pay rates for locum pharmacists. We would now like to find out if the average rate is affected by the time of year. Please visit our homepage to complete the very quick, single question survey and find out instantly how your rates compare to other locums.

PL-UK Homepage www.pluk.co.uk

The information can be used as real evidence to negotiate better rates from contractors and the results will be distributed to all our locums, and contractors during the first week of September

To see the results of the April 2009 survey please click on the link below.

www.pluk.co.uk/docs/2008-09spreadsheet.pdf

For more details call Shaun on 0800 8818844 during office hours or 07971187921 at other times or via email to shaun@pluk.co.uk