GPhC survey of registered pharmacy professionals 2019

To understand the current trends in pharmacy practice, during summer 2019 we commissioned Enventure Research to carry out a major survey of registered pharmacy professionals.

All registered pharmacy professionals were invited to take part in the survey asking about their roles and responsibilities.

Over 12,000 pharmacists and over 6,000 pharmacy technicians (over 23% of the register) responded to the survey. This is the second survey of pharmacy professionals that we have carried out, and this builds on the first survey published in 2013. It provides important insights into areas including job roles and responsibilities, work settings, employment and practice, future work plans and geographical spread of registered pharmacy professionals.

The findings will be used to inform our ongoing work to improve the way pharmacy professionals and services are regulated. 

We hope that the reports will also be useful for a range of organisations and individuals with an interest in the pharmacy workforce, including the organisations that are involved in workforce planning across Great Britain.

See the reports

Registrant Survey 2019 – Summary infographics

Registrant Survey 2019 – Main report

Registrant Survey 2019 – Main report appendices

Registrant Survey 2019 – Equality, diversity and inclusion report

Registrant Survey 2019 – Comparison with 2013 survey

Index of report contents
 

Thank you

We would like to thank all pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who gave their time to take part in the survey – each response was important to the success of this survey.

In addition, a number of stakeholders kindly gave their input on the questionnaire and we would like to thank them all.

We would also like to say thank you to all the pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who helped us to pilot the survey – your feedback was invaluable.

Survey findings

Following on from the survey, Enventure research analysed the responses across a range of demographic and response variables and presented their findings in a series of reports:

Survey of registered pharmacy professionals 2019 – Summary infographics

These infographics provide a summary of the key findings from the survey for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, the most common pharmacy settings (community, secondary care and primary care) and pharmacist prescribers.

Survey of registered pharmacy professionals 2019 - Summary infographics [PDF 364 KB]
 

Survey of registered pharmacy professionals 2019 – Main report 

A comprehensive final report of the Survey of registered pharmacy professionals 2019, with information about the survey methodology, analysis and findings by Enventure Research, including summaries of key findings for England, Wales, Scotland, and London.

Survey of registered pharmacy professionals 2019 - main report [PDF 3 MB]

Survey of registered pharmacy professionals 2019 - main report appendices [PDF 782 KB]  
 

Survey of registered pharmacy professionals 2019 – Equality diversity and inclusion (EDI) report

This report provides an analysis of key findings by protected characteristics defined in the Equality Act 2010.

Survey of registered pharmacy professionals 2019 - EDI report [PDF 2 MB]  
 

Survey of registered pharmacy professionals 2019 – Comparison with 2013 survey

Report comparing key findings from the 2019 survey with the findings of the 2013 registrant survey. Please note that due to the introduction of new questions and updates to categories to reflect current practice, not all survey areas could be compared and some comparisons are indicative only.

Survey of registered pharmacy professionals 2019 – Comparison with 2013 survey [PDF614 KB] 
 

Index of report contents

This can be used as a reference document to help guide readers to where the analysis variables are in the main report, the EDI report and the comparison with 2013 survey report.

Survey of registered pharmacy professionals 2019 - Index of report contents [PDF 506 KB]

Questionnaire

The questionnaire below includes all questions used in the survey. Routing was used to avoid respondents answering questions that were not relevant to them, and this has been indicated in the questionnaire where applicable.

Survey of registered pharmacy professionals 2019 - Questionnaire [PDF 206 KB]