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Inverness still best-paid city for locums as rates in England plummet

Average hourly rates tumble everywhere except Northern Ireland.

07 Oct 2025 , 1 Min Article

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‘Far fewer’ shifts available for locums as pay rates drop 10%

Locums tell PDA they're getting fewer shifts than they'd like

28 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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The demand for flexible, trained pharmacy professionals has seen some areas struggling to recruit locums, despite figures showing that pay rates are on the rise. So what can pharmacy employers do to attract the locum staff they need?

01 Aug 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Average locum rates in UK on the rise, says agency

Locate a Locum says average rates across the country increased by almost a fifth to nearly £39 an hour.

28 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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First-time buyer snaps up 5.7k items Inverness pharmacy despite ‘staffing challenges’

Other prospective buyers put off by locum rates but Craig Dorrington was undaunted, says broker

20 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Inverness locums paid £54 an hour as average UK rate jumps 14%

Inverness locums commanded the highest average rate in a study of 30,000 shifts

08 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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PDA defends right of locums to set their rates

PDA warns off companies which threaten to report locums who raise rates to GPhC.

31 Mar 2020 , 1 Min Article

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