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.
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.
Absolutely loving using Kashflow. We used to use Sage at PL-UK but it costs a small fortune and in our experience customer service left a lot to be desired. Customer service at Kashflow? Not sure as I’ve not had to call them for a year – it just works!!
We have negotiated a discount for all our locums. Simply click on the banner advert above and you will get Kashflow for only £14.99 per month instead of the normal £15.99. Not a massive saving I know but I’d rather you had the money than them!
I’m really excited about the PDA launch of their document “A New Pharmacy Road Map” but was unable to make it to their annual conference last weekend. Does anyone have a copy of the document that I can read?
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Please find a link below to the results of the RPS renewal survey we carried out last week.
It’s also pleasing to report that Patrick Stubbs- Director of Marketing and Membership – Royal Pharmaceutical Society has requested the results of the survey. I think he may be concerned by the proportion of responses that say they won’t be renewing or, will give the Society only one year to prove it’s worth. SURVEY RESULTS
Lots of pharmacists also left comments explaining why they had decided to renew/not renew and please feel free to continue the discussion via the PL-UK pharmacy blog http://www.pluk.co.uk/2011/really-interesting-comments-about-rps/ |
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Again, many thanks to all those who took the time to complete the survey.
Shaun Hockey B Pharm (Hons) MRPharmS |
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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