[paul2008]

Pharmacy experience definitely helps and just a tip look for a pre-reg place well before you start the course, contact your OSPAP provider to see if they can help before you start, an number of OSPAP students I am in contact with are struggling to find places although those with lots of experience have found it easier, at the moment it seems there are more potential pre-reg's than training posts.

Course costs are expensive yes and you have to live... well I also like to eat... I would say don't start if you can't budget at least £16000 for the course, and living.

From the sounds of things it will be at least a couple of years before you start recovering your investment. There also is a degree of pessimism about the future of pharmacists in the UK.

Is there not a lot of money in the Indian pharmaceutical industry?