Comic Relief has announced sight as a key theme of its celebrity challenge. A 5 day challenge will see celebrities trek 100km across the desert in Northern Kenya. During the trek they will witness the trachoma and cataract work of international charity Sightsavers, which will benefit from money donated to Comic Relief. Flame Health think […]

If funding from the optical profession is secured then a new scheme could be rolled out to highlight optometry as a future career option for 14-17 year olds. Pilots were put in place in 7 schools last year which proved to be a success. The scheme would cost £75,000 to reach around 2,000 schools across […]

The NHS Modernising Pharmacy Careers programme has proposed a 5 year course with employers taking more responsibility for pharmacy training and the pre reg year being replaced by 2 six month placements worked in years 4 and 5. A pharmacy degree allows a student to understand the technical knowledge to be a pharmacist, only by […]

Flame Pharma will be attending the AstraZeneca Career Fair on 16th and 17th February at their Charnwood site. Following on from a previous visit to Charnwood and Avlon Works, Flame Pharma are continuing to help AstraZeneca during the closure by attending again. Attending the fair will be Neil Dewsbury, managing consultant of Flame Pharma and […]

Reports published by the REC and KPMG has shown that permanent staff placements and temporary/contract staff billings both rose at faster rates in January. These results are the most marked for 6 and 7 months respectively. 3 key points of the report are: stronger expansions of both permanent and temporary appointments, pay pressures remained muted […]

Flame Health will be again attending Optrafair from 9th – 11th April 2011 at the NEC in Birmingham. Optrafair is the biggest optical showcase of optical business opportunities in the UK. This year Optrafair owners have even opened up more floor space to accommodate a larger number of suppliers who wish to reach out to […]

Industry leaders have commented that the community pharmacy sector should have a bigger role in helping to deliver NHS flu vaccinations following reports of shortages this year. Pharmacies do have the commercial experience and expertise required, this could the free up GP’s to focus on the delivery of the vaccination programme. A Boots spokeswoman says: […]

According to the latest NHS stop smoking figures, pharmacies continue to have the lowest stop smoking rates among NHS providers in England. From April to September 2010 there was a 44% successful quit rate among pharmacy patients. Quit rates were higher among other providers such as hospitals wards and prisons, with military bases coming out […]

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has said that Pharmacists should make individual decisions on whether they want to join the RPS. John Murphy, general manager of the PDA stated that the RPS ought to be a professional body with people who have made a personal decision about whether they join or not. Employers signing pharmacists […]

The Office for National Statistics has shown a rise in the number of people now out of work which has increased by 49,000 to 2.5 million in the 3 months to November last year. Kevin Green, the REC’s Chief Executive has commented on this report, “ What is concerning about the figures is the growth […]

The Office for National Statistics has revealed a shock 0.5% contraction in the UK’s economy in the final quarter of 2010. Obviously this isn’t great news but understandable given the shocking weather the UK experienced in November and December. As a result of this, most sectors struggled to cope and many customers just stopped spending. […]

Our Flame Health Pharmacy Page has had a makeover! We have redesigned this page for easier access to jobs and new and exclusive opportunities within the Pharmacy sector. Flame Health Pharmacy provide professional recruitment solutions to the Pharmacy sector, specialising in jobs for Pharmacists, Pharmacy Managers, Community Pharmacists, 2nd Pharmacists, Senior Pharmacy Management, Pre-Registration Pharmacists, […]

The British Dental Association has argued that dental practices should not have to pay to register with the CQC emphasising the financial pressures confronting dental practices, the failure of the CQC regime to add any value and the considerable time practices must inc=vest in becoming registered and concludes that a fee for registration would be […]

It has been reported this week that social media is transforming the recruitment world. At Flame Health we feel it is important to embrace social media and it most definitely plays a key part in our recruitment strategy in terms of raising awareness of our business and our current opportunities on sites such as Facebook, […]

The Government has announced that they intend to scrap the Default Retirement Age (DRA) of 65, aiming to give people a greater choice on when they stop working. The DRA will be phased out between April 6th and October 1st this year. The REC’s Director of Policy and Professional Services, Tom Hadley has said, ‘The […]