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Originally Posted by dannymonfi  Thanks,
Now in terms of business sectors, how is this filled? I believe Retail is the leader but what percentage does hospital, prison and industrial have and are there other sectors i have missed?
Who are the Retail market leaders in Pharmacy? Who are the loosers?
What are the main changes in Pharmacy in the last 5yrs?
How do you see Pharmacy changing in the next 5?
What role do recruitment / locum agencies play in the Pharmacists life and how are they viewed in the section? Who are the main ones? |
Danny, what's your research field? What are you trying to find out?
As others have said, Karen Hassell is the expert on pharmacist employment, and a google using her name and Manchester Uni or pharnacy will probably give you the answer to your first question (if I understand it correctly). The Society also publishes a Manpower Survey about every five years. Again a google on it's website will give you your answers. The last one was a couple of years ago, but i wouldn't have thought the figures had changed very much.
As for your second question, it depends on what you mean by "retail". Do you mean overall sales through pharmacy & pharmacy related outlets. Or do you mean shares of NHS dispensing?
For the next two questions, look at any discussion on "The Responsible Pharmacist", including the official website. Also look at the Clarke Inquiry into the future of the RPSGB.
Finally, my limited experience of them suggests that nowadays there's no real market leader in pharmacy recruitment agencies, and that they are useful but most firms, large and small tend to prefer to do their own recruitment.