- NHS England must properly value trainee pharmacists: According to an article by the PDA, there is an urgent need for a pay increase for trainee pharmacists. Pay was a significant factor for me when I went through the Oriel process in 2022. The previous annual grant by NHS England was £18,440, which is set to increase to £26,500 for entrants in 2025/26.
- Oriel as the Largest Portal for Trainee Pharmacist Programmes: While I couldn’t determine the total number of trainee pharmacist programmes available (including those not recruited via Oriel), 4000+ programmes offered on Oriel make it, without a doubt, the largest portal for trainee pharmacist programmes
- Applicants using Oriel can download CSV files of all the programmes offered through the platform, which is particularly useful for filtering and ranking preferences during preferencing. These CSV files are also valuable for creating relevant graphs, such as pay distribution charts, which can help raise awareness about salary differences across programmes.
- Datasets from the following years were used for the analysis:
- 2025-26 training year
- 2024-25 training year
- 2023-24 training year
- 2022-23 training year
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