Grim outlook on community pharmacy jobs market with fewer new pharmacies

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IT WILL be interesting to see how the community pharmacy workplace reacts to the changes in practice suggested by the different strategies for community pharmacies launched recently in England and in Scotland, and the new service development materialising in Wales. The community pharmacy jobs market remains a buyer's market, according to recruiter Paul Turner from Sterling Cross. He says that the pharmacy vacancies on his books are down again — by around 7 per cent in 2011-12, When vacancies do arise there is a surplus of applicants seeking recommendation and, as an example, Air Turner cites one recent rural (and, therefore, traditionally hard to fill) placement, for which 27 applications were received within 24 hours.