DoH to help pharmacists pay Society retention fee

摘要

Hospital pharmacists have welcomed a proposal by the Department of Health to pay a contribution to the cost of professional retention fees.The pound 38 payment,promised by health secretary Alan Johnson as part of an improved pay package for NHS staff,will be available to all pharmacists in England up to Agenda for Change pay band 8a.The announcement comes at the same time that the Royal Pharmaceutical Society proposes increasing the retention fee for practising pharmacists from pound 283 to pound 425 from January next year(PJ,4 August,pl29).