The role of the Home Visitor is essential in ensuring that all applications for assistance are provided with a personal response and that the full needs of the applicant are assessed.

Pharmacist Support is pleased to welcome to its board of Trustees Prof Peter Noyce, Steve Churton, Prof Denis Anthony and Richard Fass.

Fewer than 50% of people are diagnosed with dementia at a sufficiently early stage, yet early diagnosis can significantly improve a patient’s quality of life as well as provide them with better treatment.

From binge drinking to alcohol dependence, alcohol abuse is a huge problem in the UK. November 14 – 20 marks Alcohol Awareness Week and with Christmas just around the corner the team at Pharmacist Support thought it would be a good time to raise awareness of the issue.

The team at Pharmacist Support describe the impact of workplace bullying in the sector and offer up some words of advice.

Last year Helen Gordon joined our caricature conference gallery. This year we managed to capture Mr Duncan Rudkin...check out our pics from the show!

Pharmacist Support is looking for up to four new members to join the trustee board from 1 January 2012. Trustees of the charity include pharmacists and lay members. We are therefore seeking applicants from a variety of backgrounds, committed to participating actively in determining the Charity’s strategic vision and to thinking creatively.

Pharmacist Support Charity Manager Diane Leicester has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Association of Charitable Organisations (ACO) - the national umbrella body for benevolent charities.

Pharmacist Supports specialist addiction support provider, Action on Addiction has teamed up with handbag designer Lulu Guinness who has designed a limited edition tote bag to raise funds for for the charity. Featuring her iconic lip design it is sure to be a big hit - it certainly is with Pharmacist Supports Grants Officer (pictured here)!

Carers worst hit with one in three missing out on family time. More pharmacists than ever are considering leaving the industry because of poor work / life balance. And dissatisfaction seems to be growing - especially amongst those in senior roles.

Pharmacist Support has teamed up with Chemist & Druggist for the magazines annual salary survey. To take part in the survey and compare your pay and conditions with your peers, click on the link http://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/salarysurvey

Although a ’buzz’ word in pharmacy in recent years ’Stress’ was first recognised as a key issue for the profession in the early 1990’s by Sue Sharpe - then Director of Legal Services at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS). Sue was concerned by the rising numbers of situations where pharmacists were failing to meet professional and legal obligations, not through wilful dishonesty or neglect but because they were unable to cope with demands of work, and sometimes domestic pressures.