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 […]

Community Pharmacy Wales has estimated that community pharmacies in Wales could save the NHS £95 million a year if services such as a national minor aliments scheme were rolled out effectively. It urged the Welsh Assembly Government to make the commitment needed to deliver the changes.  Savings could come from 4 key areas: better medicine […]

The GPHC has urged pharmacists to respond to their consultation on CPD, with just a few weeks to go before the closing date (7th February). The consultation includes the proposal to set a pass mark for CPD standard at 50% and to require one third of CPD entries to start the ‘reflection stage’. It is […]

A leading dental practice is using acupuncture to calm nerves and relieve pain. Receiving acupuncture prior to dental treatments is the latest combined offering to be introduced by the practice pioneering in advances in dentistry. Recent studies in Sheffield and Denmark concluded that acupuncture has a ‘beneficial effect on the levels of unease in patients […]

The British Dental Practice Managers’ Association (BDPMA) is seeking to attract registered managers to become members. CQC registration requires managers of dental practices to have suitable experience and training. The BDPMA has negotiated discounts with many training providers with annual membership costing just £85. Membership is open to all members of dental teams as well […]

After comments from the Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mail regarding pharmacists turning away parents who wanted their children vaccinated, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) have defended accused pharmacists, stressing the need for extra training. The NPA said that pharmacists were naturally reluctant to turn people away but had […]

This week Flame Health have launched the first phase of their new look website. The new layout will allow better functionality and enhanced searching options across the site. Specialising within Optometry, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Private Healthcare , Healthcare Sales and Cosmetic Surgery sectors; Flame Health place a high priority on emerging technologies that streamline our business, […]

Recruitment has begun for the first UK trial of a bionic eye which can restore sight to blind people. The microchip implant has been tested in Germany, where it allowed patients to read letters and recognise objects. The chip fits under the retina and works like a digital film camera. A 3mm sq array of […]

1,500 pharmacists miss the GPHC Registration Deadline Almost 1,500 pharmacists will leave the register in January after failing to renew their membership with the GPHC. 42,612 pharmacists had re registered by the November 30th deadline (around 97%). This means over 3% are set to leave the register. pharmacists who did not renew by the deadline will […]

The GPHC has stated that almost 98% of pharmacists have met or exceeded the expected standards when submitting their CPD for review. The Council said that of the 8,000 records reviewed in the first year of the process, 82% achieved an ‘excellent’ score, and a further 16% were rated as ‘good’. 65% of registrants removed […]

Plans to mark the first steps towards a significant NHS White Paper commitment to introduce a new dental contract that will improve the quality of patient care and increase access to NHS dental services, with an additional focus on improving the oral health of school children has been published by the Department of Health. The […]

The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union has stated that community pharmacists in Europe should be granted access to electronic health records. The group has said that while there is wide acceptance of pharmacists’ involvement in e -prescribing systems, the same cannot be said for sharing information contained in patients’ electronic records. The group believes […]