Clinical pharmacists in GP/PCN roles are one of the fastest-growing primary care workforce segments. They work alongside GPs, using the same clinical tools and facing similar clinical decisions.
Role: Medication reviews (structured medication reviews are a core PCN activity), long-term condition management, minor illness clinics, repeat prescribing, deprescribing, clinical consultations.
Tools: current UK medicines information (essential), NICE CKS (primary management reference — the same resource GPs use), iatroX (clinical Q&A, calculators, CPD), GPnotebook (broad reference), Medstopper (deprescribing).
Career pathway: Foundation training → registration → IP qualification → PCN pharmacist role. Advanced practice via RPS credentialing programme.
Salary: Band 7 (£46-53k) to Band 8a (£53-60k) for advanced/senior roles.
Demand: NHS Long Term Plan targets for PCN pharmacy workforce. GP workforce pressures creating space for pharmacist-led clinics.
iatroX is built for the primary care clinical team — the same Q&A grounded in NICE and CKS guidance, with medicines information from SmPCs via eMC, and the same calculators used by GPs also serve clinical pharmacists working alongside them.