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“Workplace pressure” an open letter (PDF 290K) from Steve Churton, President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Is workplace pressure affecting you?
As the Royal Pharmaceutical Society launches a Workplace Pressure initiative (31 January 2009), Nicola Cree talks to President Steve Churton about the scheme
Letters (22 July)
Why you must focus on being experts on medicines or risk losing your way (25 July)
Karen Hassell, professor of social pharmacy at the University of Manchester, has spent over 16 years researching the pharmacy profession and, in that time, she has gained an insight into its collective mindset.
Hard times ahead in hospital pharmacy (11 July)
The impending budget shortfall for the NHS and associated funding cuts will only be making a chronic problem worse for hospital pharmacy
New contract: more work, less pay? (June 25)
In March 2006, community pharmacy underwent a radical change with the introduction of the new contract, a development designed to move pharmacists from their traditional “back room” role in the dispensary to a more holistic, patient-oriented clinical role on the shop floor
Long hours put you (and others) at risk (13 June)
Long working hours with a paucity of rest breaks — it is a familiar scenario for many pharmacists. But the damage such a working day can cause goes beyond tiredness, says an expert in the field
Half of all pharmacists are “constantly stressed” (13 June)
Almost half the profession is struggling with “constantly stressful” working days, data from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Workplace Pressure survey reveals
Acceptable working hours and rest breaks should be clearly defined (30 May)
It is time for the profession to work together on real and tangible points to improve the working lives of pharmacists, says the Pharmacists’ Defence Association’s director, John Murphy
Understanding and dealing with stress and pressure in the workplace (30 May)
Stress can impact on people’s physical, psychological and emotional health as well as on their behaviours. Parastou Donyai and Pam M. Denicolo examine what is meant by stress and the external and internal factors involved, and outline potential ways to help deal with stress at work
Stress and workload for hospital staff (16 May)
We are being inspected to death, says Andrew Alldred, who has been a hospital pharmacist for over 18 years
Elimination of pharmacists’ stress comes down to simple common sense (2 May)
Treating your staff well is just common sense. And if anyone should know, it is Barry Shooter, a pharmacy owner who was rated by The Sunday Times as having the UK’s fourth-best small business during 2004
The secrets of success: step up to the challenges that pharmacy presents (18 April)
The daily working life of a pharmacist can be stressful, but one community pharmacist says there are ways to ensure work is not just bearable, but a joy
To work as a locum pharmacist is to gamble daily with workplace stress (4 April)
Imagine walking into a pharmacy to start your first day at a new job. The dispensary is a wreck. Key staff are absent. Essential information is impossible to find. On top of this, there is a queue of unhappy customers quickly forming — but you are under pressure to perform a lengthy medicines use review
Delegation of tasks to others is the key to heavy workloads being shared (21 March)
A lot of pharmacists would like to delegate — but many lack confidence
Survey shows pharmacists are constantly stressed (21 March)
The workload of today’s pharmacist is taking its toll on the profession, with over half of them finding their working day “constantly stressful”, according to the online survey
Low recruitment leads to NHS pressure (7 March)
Casualty. Holby City. ER. With the white-coated world of the medical profession saving lives every night on prime time television, you would think there would never be any shortage of would-be hospital heroes in the real world
Union joins forces with the Society to combat workplace pressure (7 March)
The Pharmacists’ Defence Association has joined forces with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society to combat issues associated with workplace pressure, the Society’s President, Steve Churton, announced in early March 2009
Pharmacists stressed by paperwork, paperwork, and more paperwork! (21 February)
Drowning in a sea of paperwork has emerged as a major area of concern among pharmacists, following a call for feedback from the profession at the launch of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Workplace Pressure campaign
Workforce pressure affects patient safety (21 February)
Heavy workloads, long hours and a lack of adequate breaks are among some of the factors influencing dispensing errors
Stressed? Get it off your chest! (7 February)
Britain’s pharmacists are being urged to make their views known on workload and stress through a major forum on the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s website
Listening Friends’ support for workplace pressure (7 February)
As the Society launches its major initiative to understand and address the issue of workplace pressures within the profession, it reminds pharmacists support is already on hand through the Listening Friends service
