Pharmacistcoop - Articles

Declining Locum Pharmacy Market: Strategies for Navigating the 2024 Landscape

The comparison between the 2023 and 2024 Pharmacist Cooperative surveys reveals a locum pharmacy sector under significant pressure. Rates are declining, finding work is becoming …

04 Apr . 5 min read.

Pharmacist Cooperative Locum Survey Report 2024

The data reveals a concerning picture of the locum pharmacy market in 2024, characterised by: Difficulty securing work at professional rates Downward pressure on hourly …

01 Apr . 5 min read.

Pharmacist Cooperative Locum Survey Report 2023

This report presents a comprehensive analysis of the 2023 Pharmacist Cooperative (TPC) Locum Survey, which gathered responses from 300 locum pharmacists across the UK. The …

01 Apr . 6 min read.

Urgent: Vote NO to the RPS Becoming the Royal College of Pharmacy

I am reaching out to encourage those of you who are RPS members to vote NO to the proposal for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) …

13 Mar . 1 min read.

Pills & Deals: Life Behind The Counter

For our first pharmacy documentary we interviewed Dervis Gurol about what it's like to be a pharmacy owner and his views on what it takes …

20 Aug . 1 min read.

Pharmacy Supervision: Is It Time For An Update?

The government has proposed changes to pharmacy supervision law, and is consulting on the proposals until 29 February 2024. We urge pharmacists to respond to …

27 Feb . 40 min read.

Pharmacy First: Is The Profession Ready?

...there is a potential for community pharmacists to claim maximum 3000 consultations per month i.e. £45K per month.

24 Dec . 4 min read.

The Pharmacist Cooperative Statement on the Palestine/Israel War

The Pharmacist Cooperative condemns (TPC) all acts of violence, and the killing & suffering of all innocent civilians including children & babies and calls for …

03 Nov . 1 min read.

How Much Should I be Charging As a Locum Pharmacist?

The issue of locums’ rates is complex. Whilst my personal opinion is from a locum’s perspective, a locum as an individual business has the right …

29 Jan . 8 min read.

Registration exam fiasco

The story behind the trainee pharmacists registration assessments in June 2022

04 Jul . 24 min read.