As a pharmacist have you been asked to back the Charity Diabetes UK campaign? The Putting Feet First campaign has been set up following research that showed poor levels of foot care for people with diabetes. People with diabetes are more than 20 times more likely to have a lower limb amputation, and about 80 […]

Would you like to work alongside one of the largest community pharmacies with over 800 branches and still growing? Flame Health Pharmacy have a Pharmacy Manager opportunity available in the Sherborne area. The successful Pharmacist will be an experienced manager with a proven track record of maintaining a high level of standards within the pharmacy […]

This week Guardian Careers conducted a Graduate survey. The survey was to find out the biggest challenges facing graduate job seekers. Flame Health were keen to read about the percentage of unemployed graduates by course. It was recorded that just 4.7% of graduates struggle to find work within medicine and dentistry, compared to a worrying […]

Flame Health Pharmacy have just acquired some new and very exciting vacancies. These vacancies are exclusive to us and we are very happy to be working alongside our clients in sourcing excellent professional candidates. Take a read and contact us today if the below are of interest to you! Flame Health Pharmacy are working alongside […]

Flame Health Pharmacy are please to hear that the GPhC has proposed slashing renewal fees by 10% for 2012 for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. This would mean that pharmacists’ fees will be set at £240 and pharmacy technician fees will be £108. In the light of the current economic climate, this is great news!

NHS figures has shown that although pharmacy services helped 69,796 people quit smoking between April and September 2011, only 44% managed to stop smoking for good. This success rate marks pharmacy among the lowest of success rates, despite being the third most popular service provider.  A Chemist and Druggist poll reported that more than half […]

It is frustrating news within the pharmacy industry this week. The NHS Prescription Services (NHS PS) has revealed that more than 400 pharmacy businesses have asked the sector’s paymaster to check the accuracy of their prescription payments between April 2009 and March 2011 because they may have been underpaid by a staggering £750.  Are you […]

Are you one of the many pharmacists or pharmacy managers who are having issues with the EPS 2? A whopping 90% of readers of C & D who conducted the poll reported problematic issues with the new system. Only 5 out of the 50 readers said that they had no issues with the upgrade. If […]

There was disappointing news in the Pharmacy world this month as hundreds of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians missed out on the GPhC renewal deadline, resulting in fines of £486 for Pharmacists and £297 for Pharmacy Technicians. The GPhC are urging a new universal registration deadline to be set by the Government instead of the usual […]

After reporting last week on whether Pharmacists can give GP’s a helping hand with long term illness patients, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) conducted a survey to show that Pharmacists should promote exercise in the over 55s. The results showed that almost a third of patients over 55 felt that long term illnesses were an obstacle for exercise. […]

This month has shown disappointing figures from the Office for National Statistics. The number of people out of work in the 3 month period up until last November increased to 2.68million. Scott Liversidge, Managing Partner at Flame Health commented on these figures to Fresh Business Thinking.com: “It is disappointing that the number of those unemployed […]

A report from the UCL school of Pharmacy and the UK Clinical Pharmacy Association has revealed that enhanced Pharmacy services could help people with preventable long term pain. This report could co inside with talks of whether it is best to gain advice from your local pharmacist or to visit your GP. There are 5 […]

Flame Health Pharmacy are keen to know if there are pharmacists out there who are running the hypoglycaemic campaign within their pharmacy. This campaign is designed to raise awareness about hypoglycaemia and how it can be managed in patients with type 2 diabetes. It also gives patients advice on what to do to reduce their […]

Flame Health Pharmacy have had a fantastic start to the New Year! So far the team have made 5 placements. These positions were filled for Pharmacy Managers in Hull and Totnes and 3 pharmacist positions in Ireland. Well done ladies, this is a great start to the year! The team have acquired new positions for […]

Flame Health would like to say Happy New Year to you all! We hope everyone enjoyed the Christmas and New Year period. Now that the new year is in swing and you are getting back into your working routines, are you now thinking about that new change in career? Flame Health specialise within Optometry, Dentistry, […]