Pharmacy contractor, Gordon Couper has commented that GPs need to have more trust in pharmacists if they are to reduce their heavy workload, This comment follows calls for doctors to dedicate more time to fully engage with clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). Mr Couper, contractor at Handbridge Pharmacy in Chester, said GPs needed to “trust what […]

A recent Chemist and Druggist survey has found that the proportion of employee pharmacists receiving a pay rise has fallen for the second year in a row. 45% of almost 900 pharmacist branch managers and non-manager pharmacists who responded to the survey received a pay rise in the previous 12 months, this compared with 55% […]

The team at Flame Health Pharmacy are keen to hear the thoughts from Pharmacists about the electronic prescription service (EPS) which was recently heavily invested by the NHS at £100 million to date. The Independent Pharmacy Federation (IPF) has suggested that the EPS has generated a “huge workload” for pharmacists while taking it away from […]

What are your thoughts? According to a Cegedim Strategic Data survey, Pharmacists have a lower awareness of health-related mobile phone apps than almost all other health professionals. From 675 healthcare professionals, only 53% of pharmacists surveyed were aware of mobile apps specifically tailored for professional use, compared with 61% of GPs and 89% of rheumatologists. […]

The Modernising Pharmacy Careers Board has stated that career development within pharmacy needs to be more efficient and effective. It has published eight proposals for reforming post-registration career development in England, setting out work that should be taken forward by a range of organisations including the MPC board, Health Education England (formerly Medical Education England), […]

The team at Flame Health Pharmacy are keen to see the outcome of a new pharmacy survey. Primary care pharmacists in England are being surveyed about the impact the NHS reforms are having, as part of efforts by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s English Pharmacy Board. Lead pharmacists in medicines management/optimisation who work for the new […]

To clamp down on counterfeit medicines entering the supply chain, a UK database of internet pharmacies authorised to sell medicines is being proposed. Each EU member state is being asked to establish its own online national database of approved internet pharmacies. Each website will be required to have a link to the database, and will […]

Exclusive Pharmacist Opportunity – Birkenhead Flame Health Pharmacy are currently recruiting for a nationwide supermarket chain. They require a full time Pharmacist within the Birkenhead area. Your role will be to head up the Pharmacy with a focus on delivering the sales versus plan whilst delivering all local services available from the PCT. You will […]

Clare Brazill, Divisional Partner at Flame Health Pharmacy would like to bring your attention to several exclusive Pharmacy roles. These roles are new and exclusive to the Pharmacy team and she is keen to speak with you today about any of them. Are you a Pharmacist in the Merseyside area? Clare is currently working alongside […]

The team at Flame Health Pharmacy are keen to hear the thoughts from Pharmacists over the recent comments from the MPC. They have warned that more training is needed to ensure pharmacists progress from “novice to expert” following a shortage of specialist pharmacists. An MPC review of existing pharmacy training identified supply shortages in certain […]

Flame Health Pharmacy are keen to see how Jeremy Hunt reacts to the recent comments from Pharmacy Leaders. Since pledging that he would make the NHS “best in the world” at looking after the elderly, pharmacy leaders are urging him to make greater use of community pharmacy. Following Mr Hunt’s first major speech as health […]

Did you go to The Pharmacy Show this year?  Did you manage to speak with the Pharmacy team at Flame Health? If you didn’t then don’t worry, the team are just on the other end of the phone and would love to speak with you today. If you are looking for that new opportunity as […]

Flame Health Pharmacy are currently working with a national leader within the retail sector, operating over 2000 stores across the UK, Ireland, Central Europe and Asia. They are currently expanding their existing pharmacy operation within the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and are looking for a variety of Pharmacists who want to develop themselves and the […]

Warnings to Pharmacies Flame Health Pharmacy are saddened to hear that if Pharmacies fail to meet the GPhC’s upcoming premises standards they could face closure. GPhC chief executive Duncan Rudkin said the regulator would have “strong enforcement powers” once the standards came into force next year. And, although it favoured a collaborative approach, he stressed […]

A round of applause! Flame Health Pharmacy were happy to hear that Yorkshire Pharmacists fought hard to keep their pharmacies open throughout the floods of the past few weeks. While one pharmacy had to close temporarily and share resources with another chemist, locums faced journeys of “three or four hours” to their workplaces just to […]