Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey 2022 – advance notice
Written by AlisonFreemantle on Friday 29th July 2022
Pharmacies will be asked to complete the survey in Autumn 2022
Early notice of the survey now so that pharmacies can plan to have data available to respond to this essential survey.
The survey, which is developed by Health Education England (HEE), in partnership with NHS England, will provide essential data and evidence to enable the NHS to address community pharmacy workforce planning.
The move to an annual survey recognises the priority the NHS places on the community pharmacy workforce.
Background
The survey has been developed with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies, the Company Chemists’ Association, and the National Pharmacy Association.
The anonymised data will be used to inform recruitment and retention and workforce wellbeing initiatives.
The Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey 2022 will be launched in autumn 2022, and the anonymised data made publicly available in 2023. This data will provide an up-to-date picture of the size and shape of the community pharmacy workforce (including where pharmacist roles are fulfilled by locum pharmacists) to:
· Guide the overall pharmacy workforce planning and development strategy for the NHS.
· Inform future investment in education and training for the community pharmacy workforce.
· Support understanding of the capacity and capability of the workforce in community pharmacy as part of transformation plans being developed by integrated care boards.
For general enquiries about the survey, please contact: Pharmacyteam@hee.nhs.uk
