Internal Reference Number: FOI_8740
Date Request Received: 03/07/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 12/08/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Pharmacists
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could I request the following information from your trust: In your organisation, do you employ 鈥渏ob planning鈥� for pharmacists (job planning in this instance is typically the division of a working week into half day "sessions" allocated to commitments such as clinical work, development, supporting professional activities time, teaching, research, etc)? | |
| Answer To Question 1: No | |
| Question Number 2: How many pharmacists do you employ? Please state headcount | |
| Answer To Question 2: 28 | |
| Question Number 3: Of the pharmacists that you employ, how many have job plans? | |
| Answer To Question 3: None | |
| Question Number 4: a. For each pharmacist with a job plan, please provide the proportion of contracted hours allocated to protected* time for supporting professional activities (SPA), also known as protected learning time or professional development time b. For each pharmacist without a job plan, please provide the proportion of contracted hours allocated to protected time for supporting professional activities (SPA), also known as protected learning time or professional development time *For the purposes of this FOI request, protected is defined as a time allocation that should be uninterrupted and dedicated to non-mandatory training and development, although this may not always be the case. | |
| Answer To Question 4: N/A | |
| Question Number 5: If it is not possible to provide an answer to question 4a or 4b, please provide the recommended allocation to supporting professional activities (SPA), also known as protected learning time or professional development time, in hours per week for a full-time employed pharmacist. | |
| Answer To Question 5: Professional development time for non-mandatory training is provided as per the needs of the individual pharmacist and is usually linked to the support of specific professional development qualifications/courses. | |
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