The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 No 7466 p197
25 August 2007

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Pharmacy vacancies fall

The number of unfilled pharmacy jobs in NHS organisations in England has fallen.

Three-month vacancies that trusts were actively trying to fill on 31 March stood at 77 pharmacists (1.4 cent vacancy rate), 15 preregistration trainees (2.2 per cent) and 46 other qualified pharmacy staff (0.8 per cent). This is down from 118 (2.1 per cent), 22 (2.9 per cent) and 75 (1.3 per cent), respectively, in 2006.

Anthony Oxley, Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists president, said that many departments were not actively seeking staff because of recruitment freezes. He suggested that the figures reflect the financial state of the NHS rather than an improvement in recruitment.