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CPWS Research Programme

The CPWS has been undertaking pharmacy workforce research at the School of Pharmacy for some time. If more information about a study is required, contact details for project directors, managers, or researchers, are provided in each study.

Research Projects

The National Pharmacy Cohort Study (NPCS)

• A longitudinal study of the careers of the 2004 pharmacy graduate cohort (The National Pharmacy Cohort Study)

Ethnic Minority Pharmacists

• An historical and comparative analysis of ethnic minority group participation in the pharmacy profession
• Employment destinations, practice patterns, and cultural differences between a ten-year cohort of white and ethnic minority Manchester pharmacy graduates
  
  These projects also provide useful information about ethnicity and pharmacy workforce:
• The third (2005) pharmacy workforce census
• The second (2003) pharmacy workforce census
• The first (2002) pharmacy workforce census

Women and Pharmacy

• Working patterns of female community pharmacists over the age of 30: an exploration of the factors that motivate working practice
• The third (2005) pharmacy workforce census
• The second (2003) pharmacy workforce census
• The first (2002) pharmacy workforce census

Labour Market Supply and Demand

• Pharmacy workforce planning: a practical approach
• The pharmacy labour market: International movement of pharmacists to and from GB
• The second (2003) Pharmacy Workforce Census
• Supply of and demand for the pharmacy workforce in Great Britain
• The first (2002) Pharmacy Workforce Census
• OFT review on the supply of pharmacists in GB

Locum Pharmacists

• An exploration of the diversity and complexity of the pharmacy locum workforce

Overseas Pharmacists

• The pharmacy labour market: International movement of pharmacists to and from GB

Pharmacy Students

• A longitudinal study of the careers of the 2004 pharmacy graduate cohort (The National Pharmacy Cohort Study)

Primary Care Pharmacists

• The Primary Care Pharmacy Workforce

Skill Mix and Substitution

• A survey of pharmacy support staff in two PCTs: a feasibility study
• Skill mix in community pharmacy: exploring and defining the roles of dispensary support staff
• An international comparative study of the utilisation of pharmacy technicians

Support Staff/Technicians

• A survey of pharmacy support staff in two PCTs: a feasibility study
• Skill mix in community pharmacy: exploring and defining the roles of dispensary support staff
• An international comparative study of the utilisation of pharmacy technicians

Workforce Census 2002

• The first (2002) pharmacy workforce census

Workforce Census 2003

• The second (2003) pharmacy workforce census

Workforce census 2005

• The third (2005) pharmacy workforce census