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
A community pharmacy screening pilot for intravenous drug misusers identified 68 per cent of patients who had unknowingly been exposed to hepatitis C.
The scheme, set up by the British Liver Trust, illustrates how community pharmacies that already offer needle exchange and methadone services for drug misusers can help identify undiagnosed liver disease.
Link to full article on PJ Online
http://www.pjonline.com/news/liver_trust_trials_pharmacy_as_hepatitis_screening_venue
Next Development – a pharmacist conducting the test as part of the research team? Hope so.
The RPS have announced the launch of The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Awards.
Text from RPS Press Release
“Pharmacists from across all sectors of the profession are invited to enter the inaugural Royal Pharmaceutical Society Awards.
There are seven award categories, designed to recognise pharmacists from all sectors of the profession and throughout all stages of their pharmacy careers.
The awards are an opportunity to highlight the achievements and recognise the successes of individuals or groups over the last year.
Those short-listed will be invited to attend an awards dinner to be held on 11 September at the Commonwealth Club in London as part of the RPS annual conference.
The seven RPS categories are: clinical pharmacist of the year; public health pharmacist of the year; leadership in pharmacy award; lifetime achievement award; academy of pharmaceutical science award; British Pharmaceutical Student Association student of the year; and preregistration pharmacist of the year.
An entry form can be downloaded from www.rpharms.com/rpsawards . The deadline for entries is 5pm 29th July 2011. Successful applicants will be informed on 17 August 2011 if they have been shortlisted to attend the evening awards dinner”
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As you know I locum quite a bit in prison service pharmacies and as I left my booking on Thursday for the long weekend I was struck by the irony of pharmacy’s predicament with regard to incorporation into the healthcare team.
Don’t get me wrong I LOVED having the weekend off but doesn’t this just give ammunition to the commisioners of healthcare services when they are looking to cut costs. All the other professions have to either work through bank-holidays or, at least be on-call. Not pharmacy. We got all our work done in four days and enjoy the weekend.
If you were a commissioner, would you then class pharmacy as an essential service or one that can easily be out-sourced? Doctors and nurses are essential, they are needed every day. They are visable, available and although they do seem to sit around for long periods of the day, they turn up to work 365 days a year.
In some prison service pharmacies and hospitals the traditional Monday-Friday service is a thing of the past and if we are to be truly seen as an essential part of both the primary and secondary care healthcare teams, we all need to be ready to work seven days a week in the future across all sectors.
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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