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How is pay in pharmacy?
Doing all sciences and maths at as level. Think i will get abb/c with a in maths and c in physics. What sort of pay do pharmacists get after obtaining a degree? Would i get into an alright uni with abb?
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Pay for community pharmacists is generally around £34k/year. In hospital starting pay is usually around £21-22k. The head of pharmacy in hospitals get £83k/year at the min. A lot of pharmacists in hospital end up on mid to late 30's after doing clinical diplomas on specific areas. eg. if you choose to specialise in paediatrics/oncology/CV disease/diabetes.
The idiot above obviously doesn't have a clue about very much.
With the job security you get from pharmacy and the flexibility, to compliment the good pay,it adds up to a good deal, and it appeals to me, that why I did it.
The idiot above obviously doesn't have a clue about very much.
With the job security you get from pharmacy and the flexibility, to compliment the good pay,it adds up to a good deal, and it appeals to me, that why I did it.
exactly ... i agree with jimmocrates .. pharmacy degree has a lot of different routes at the end ... community pharmacy is one way ... hospital another and also industry... as in pay .... indutrial pharmacists i heard can get paid quite alot aslong as you have the relevant experience ... for instance i saw a job advert other day .. as a area manager for a certain sector in a fairly large pharmaceutical industry and the conditons required were, obviously a pharm degree with 3 years of experienece as a pharmacist (i gues they meant in a community pharmacy or somthing) and the starting salary was 60K + bonuses + commission + compnay car (of personal choice) + mobile phone (and bills) + travel costs ...... perosnalli i wouldnt mind a job like that 
soo u no there are good outcomes from pharmacy .....
soo u no there are good outcomes from pharmacy .....
Jimmocrates
Can't wait to be working in pharmacy after looking at some of the figures in that.
it depends i would assume that the start to pharmacy would require alot of work and commitement....who cares if for the first few years the pay may not be that high and nto the exciting but the opporunities that arise after are much better ...but from then on after it works up the same way as every other job ... i.e more experience more pay ..
Inkerman
Listen up buddy, unless you want to be stacking bottles of shampoo and putting tablets in bottles for the rest of your life, don't do pharmacy.
The pay in pharmcy isn't bad, but then again it isn't good. It's, average.
The pay in pharmcy isn't bad, but then again it isn't good. It's, average.
Oooh ignorance!
I'm not 100% of the average annual wage in the UK but I know the average wage of a pharmacist far surpasses it.
money in industry seems very good, but a lot of the time i read about it it seems u need to do a phd to have a good chance to go into industry. is this true?
good thing about community pharmacy is a fairly high starting salary... but it doesnt seem to get much higher at all.
a lot of people choose pharmacy because they think the pay is brilliant. its not.
dont do pharmacy for the money.. if you want money be a dentist
pharmacists are probably some of the most educated people, its obviously hardwork but can be rewarding. hopefully people will begin to see how important pharmacists are and how important they could be.
good thing about community pharmacy is a fairly high starting salary... but it doesnt seem to get much higher at all.
a lot of people choose pharmacy because they think the pay is brilliant. its not.
dont do pharmacy for the money.. if you want money be a dentist
pharmacists are probably some of the most educated people, its obviously hardwork but can be rewarding. hopefully people will begin to see how important pharmacists are and how important they could be.
""What Universities Offer NatSci apart from Durham and Newcastle, oh and Oxbridge :P
And with regard the the NatSci course, could you do a 3 year BSc in NatSci and then do a further year in, say Physics, and get an MSCi in Physics?
Cheers guys,
Inkerman""
Because that offers sooooo much better job prospects than pharmacy
The guy obviously doesn't know very much about anything, so as well advising people that pharmacy offers a secure job with good pay and loads of flexibility allowing you to choose where to work, I'd also advise against taking any notice of anything this guy posts in the pharmacy forum.
And with regard the the NatSci course, could you do a 3 year BSc in NatSci and then do a further year in, say Physics, and get an MSCi in Physics?
Cheers guys,
Inkerman""
Because that offers sooooo much better job prospects than pharmacy
The guy obviously doesn't know very much about anything, so as well advising people that pharmacy offers a secure job with good pay and loads of flexibility allowing you to choose where to work, I'd also advise against taking any notice of anything this guy posts in the pharmacy forum.
Inkerman
Listen up buddy, unless you want to be stacking bottles of shampoo and putting tablets in bottles for the rest of your life, don't do pharmacy.
The pay in pharmcy isn't bad, but then again it isn't good. It's, average.
The pay in pharmcy isn't bad, but then again it isn't good. It's, average.
funny that, I still haven't been taught how to put the tablets into bottles. Have I got into the wrong course
Yes, us when we've all got secure, nicely paid jobs.
Your comment about stacking shampoo bottles shows you clearly have no real of idea of what a pharmacist does.
Your comment about stacking shampoo bottles shows you clearly have no real of idea of what a pharmacist does.
My brother graduated from LSOP 3 years ago with a degree in pharmacy, if you knew anything you would know that 99% of pharmacy is going retail.
A small percentage, and I mean small, get to work as a community phamarcist in a hospital (if you're lucky)
The work is not nesscesarily "serving the community" it's stacking bottles of shampoo.
A small percentage, and I mean small, get to work as a community phamarcist in a hospital (if you're lucky)
The work is not nesscesarily "serving the community" it's stacking bottles of shampoo.
Your brother may be a pharmacist John, but you obviously know nothing about the profession, and to decide the occupation of the ~46,000 pharmacists in this country off your brother goes to show your naivity. If you must know...
72% are community pharmacists
22% are hospital pharmacists
8% are Primary Care Pharmacists
10% classed as "other" (Industry/academia/regulatory bodies etc)
The figures add up to more than 100% as if you work in hospital/academia/primary care, you can earn extra money by locumming in community at the weekend.
There is no such thing as a "community pharmacist in hospital". Hospital pharmacists on the whole have a different role.
I've worked in two community pharmacies (for lloyds and boots)
None of the pharmacists working in them go near the bog rolls or whatever else you think they do. They do clinical checks on prescriptions and give advice to people on lots of conditions.
I'd give you some links to go and read up on the subject so you don't look so stupid in future, but your ignorant attitude suggests to me that you wouldn't bother.
72% are community pharmacists
22% are hospital pharmacists
8% are Primary Care Pharmacists
10% classed as "other" (Industry/academia/regulatory bodies etc)
The figures add up to more than 100% as if you work in hospital/academia/primary care, you can earn extra money by locumming in community at the weekend.
There is no such thing as a "community pharmacist in hospital". Hospital pharmacists on the whole have a different role.
I've worked in two community pharmacies (for lloyds and boots)
None of the pharmacists working in them go near the bog rolls or whatever else you think they do. They do clinical checks on prescriptions and give advice to people on lots of conditions.
I'd give you some links to go and read up on the subject so you don't look so stupid in future, but your ignorant attitude suggests to me that you wouldn't bother.
Oh wow I'd love to be in the 1% of community pharmacists in hospitals! *ha ha ha ha ha* what the hell?!
Jimmocrates
There is no such thing as a "community pharmacist in hospital". Hospital pharmacists on the whole have a different role.
I've worked in two community pharmacies (for lloyds and boots)
None of the pharmacists working in them go near the bog rolls or whatever else you think they do.
I've worked in two community pharmacies (for lloyds and boots)
None of the pharmacists working in them go near the bog rolls or whatever else you think they do.
Unless you own the pharmacy, but then your involvement with the bog rolls is just owning them really, rather than stacking the shelves with them.
In chains like Boots, etc. they have store managers as well as pharmacists so it's literally as Jimmocrates says - the pharmacist sticks to the dispensary/medicines counter.
Uhh, yea "hospital" pharmacists or whatever. That's the ones Im talking about. A small proportion (less than 1/5 accoridng to you) get to do that.
I obviously dont know alot about Pharmacy and I honestly dont want to know.
Ohh and eh emmz,....read what I said again, I never said 1% where hospital pharmacists, I said 99% of Pharmacy was going retail.
"Oh wow I'd love to be in the 1% of community pharmacists in hospitals! *ha ha ha ha ha* what the hell?!"
Ohh and Just to piss everyone else off (in this forum) even more -
most of the pharmacists my brother knows are failed med applicants.
I obviously dont know alot about Pharmacy and I honestly dont want to know.
Ohh and eh emmz,....read what I said again, I never said 1% where hospital pharmacists, I said 99% of Pharmacy was going retail.
"Oh wow I'd love to be in the 1% of community pharmacists in hospitals! *ha ha ha ha ha* what the hell?!"
Ohh and Just to piss everyone else off (in this forum) even more -
most of the pharmacists my brother knows are failed med applicants.
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