We need more high quality locums to work for our clients in the North East of England. We have work available with multiples, independents, supermarkets and private health providers so if you live in an area where work is sparse, why not re-locate to the North East for the summer?
Call Linda or Lynne on 0800 8818844 for details
Just a post to gently remind pharmacy operators that all technicians need to be registered with the GPhC by 1st July.
We are every lucky at PL-UK because we have some fantastic locums working with us. The problem is that we need more, particularly in the North East of England. So if you are an employed pharmacist looking to locum in the North East of a locum finding it difficult to find work there, call Lynne or Linda on 0800 8818844.
I spent yesterday evening at a CPPE event in Teeside entitled “Communicating locally with commissioners and GP consortia” The evening was enjoyable and informative but one thing struck me about the presentation that was given by the evening’s expert. He talked about GP’s and how they are affected by all the NHS changes but also about how they will affect pharmacy and pharmacies. He emphasised the need for pharmacies to talk to GP’s
What’s wrong with that I hear you say? Well, GP’s are people and pharmacies are bricks and mortar so to be facetious, that’s never going to be possible! More seriously I made the point that I believe this is our weakness as a profession. We talk about shops and The Profession but not about the professionals that run them i.e. you and me – pharmacists.
The changes that are coming at us thick and fast at present, especially the White Paper “Equity and excellence – liberating the NHS“ and these changes have the potential to change things for the better for pharmacists but we need to stop thinking about bricks and mortar and think of ourselves.
The business of pharmacy is important but leave that to your area and regional managers. Focus of making things better for the patients you serve every day and find out about what is going on in your local area. Read the local Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment , what can you do as a pharmacist to plug any gaps in identified in the PNA?
If you focus on making life better for your patients and engage with local commissioners everything will be fine. People build relationships with people, not shops so start building your relationships with your local surgery, talk to your local authority, talk to your local LPC. Heaven forbid, you could even talk to each other. Remember the pharmacists who works down the road for multiple X is probably under the same stresses as you in multiple Y and even independent pharmacy Z.
Pharmacists have a fantastic future ahead of them, if the grab the nettle now and focus on themselves and deliver real benefits for their patients and local commissioners.
I’m increasingly coming to the view that the PDA is the most likely organisation to make significant changes that will benefit all pharmacists. Ideally I want a combination of the PDA and the RPS, i.e. has the focus on the individual pharmacist of the PDA and the union status and the CPD and legal support of the RPS (and by the way I know both organisations do much more)
The PDA are about to launch their long term vision “A new pharmacy roadmap” at the upcoming conference which is basically all I have always wanted in the role of a pharmacist. I think all pharmacists should try to attend the meeting and if you can’t like me, spend some time reading through the document after publication.
I believe the RPS is trying to make changes for the benefit of it’s members but I fear that they may be dragged down by the low standing of it’s previous incarnation.
I tell you what. Why don’t they get together to form a British Pharmacist Association!
Agency Workers Regulations – how does it effect me?
The simple answer is it doesn’t. …. in most cases. For more expert guidance than I can supply as a pharmacist rather than a legal bod please click on the link below. http://www.pcg.org.uk/cms/documents/01109%20PCG%20A4%2020PP%20BROCHURE%20SINGLE%20PAGES.pdf
One in a lifetime opportunity – pharmacist required in Tonga
We have been approached by a not for profit pharmacy in the Kingdom of Tonga asking us to recruit a pharmacist to work at one of the health centres in the Kingdom. This opportunity will definately not come up again for if you fancy a complete change of scene and an opportunity to live on [...]
Just a quick post to remind all pharmacist that they need to renew their GPhC registration by the 31st October. So you still have a month to pay but if you are anything like me, if you don’t do it now, there’s a chance you’ll forget!
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